Drivers For Allowing OTC Naloxone In US Include Social Justice As Well As Public Health Need

Communities where opioid overdoses are highest “are less likely to have a physician who can order naloxone for them,” says researcher Nabarun Dasgupta. Naloxone switch developer Michael Hufford says “disconnects” with FDA “continue to hamper and delay OTC naloxone product applications.”

• Source: Alamy

Expanding naloxone access not only is a public health need, but also a social justice issue, according to experts speaking at a Reagan-Udall Foundation webinar on naloxone access in the US.

“The greatest increases in overdose deaths rates are happening in communities of color. Yet harm reduction programs serving those communities...

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