New Law: Californians Will Be Able to Buy Overdose Antidote in Pharmacies Upon Request
SACRAMENTO, CA—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2014. Yesterday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assemblymember Richard Bloom’s pharmacy naloxone bill (AB 1535), which will permit pharmacists to furnish the opiate overdose reversal medicine naloxone hydrochloride upon request. Previously, naloxone was available only by prescription from a healthcare provider or from a handful of naloxone distribution programs throughout the state. The bill, sponsored by the Drug Policy…
