CVS to offer Narcan in its stores (in Ohio)

[avcpl]

Local law enforcement officials support a recent announcement that Narcan, an opiate overdose reversal drug, will be available for purchase without a prescription at all CVS pharmacies in Ohio to help fight the state's growing heroin epidemic.

more:

http://www.thenews-messenger.com/story/news/local/2016/02/05/cvs-offer-narcan-over-counter/79868020/

 

[Burnt Offerings]

"Recent data studies by the Ohio Department of Health show the opiate epidemic is growing beyond heroin, as many addicts are turning to fentanyl, a combination of heroin and other opiates considered 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin."

wat

 

[Sprout]

The OP is fantastic but ^^^ lolwutf?

 

[thelung]

awesome news. the needle exchange in the u district of seattle offers narcan kits (as well as crack pipes, meth pipes, and as many needles as you can carry)