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California Poised to Lead the Nation in Innovative Overdose Prevention Effort

Strong Bipartisan Support Delivers California’s ‘Pharmacy Naloxone’ Bill to Governors Desk

SACRAMENTO, CA—(ENEWSPF)—August 15, 2014. Yesterday, the California legislature passed Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s important drug overdose prevention bill (AB 1535), which would permit pharmacists to furnish the opiate overdose antidote naloxone, pursuant to procedures developed by the Board of Pharmacy and the Medical Board of California. The bill now heads to the Governor’s desk for his signature.

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