Health and Fitness

NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Takes on Overdose Crisis, Introduces Country’s First Statewide Naloxone Program for Use by Law Enforcement

Announcement Comes as FDA Announces Approval of Innovative New Device to Reverse Opiate Overdose

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 3, 2014. Today Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the Community Overdose Prevention (COP) program, which will enable every state and local law enforcement officer in the state of New York to carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal antidote. COP will provide funding to equip every state or local officer with naloxone, known under the brand name Narcan, and…

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