New US govt action to increase naloxone access

In support of US President Biden’s Unity Agenda efforts to beat the overdose epidemic, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the General Services Administration (GSA) announced new guidance recommending that all federal facilities across the nation include overdose reversal medications in their safety stations on site.

Naloxone is a medicine that can help reduce opioid overdose deaths and when administered timely, usually within minutes of the first signs of an opioid overdose, can counter the overdose effects,

The recommendation will make life-saving medications like naloxone more readily available in case of an emergency situation.