The discussion about Narcan, a life-saving drug against opiate overdoses, highlights its vital role in addiction treatment. It draws attention to a proposed cut in a $56-million naloxone distribution program in the Trump administration's leaked budget. Proponents believe that promoting Narcan is essential for saving lives amidst the ongoing fentanyl crisis. Despite Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s personal experience with addiction and acknowledgment of Narcan's effectiveness, he has not publicly supported the funding program's continuation amidst national concern about overdose deaths.
If Narcan were suddenly to disappear from pharmacy shelves, more people would die of overdoses. Pretty simple.
Consider addiction a disease, as most medical experts do, then you would be in favor of anything that helps preserve lives.
If you had spent, say, 14 years as a heroin addict, you would surely push to make Narcan as widely available as possible.
A leaked version of President Trump's budget proposes cutting the $56-million program that distributes naloxone kits and trains people on how to use them.
Collection
[
|
...
]