What is Naloxone?
Naloxone is a safe and effective medication that can reverse an overdose from prescription painkillers or heroin, available over the counter without a prescription. It is not just for people who are addicted. If you or a loved one are prescribed powerful narcotic painkillers, you should have naloxone on hand. For more information, see this NARCAN FAQ.
Signs of an Overdose
Know What To Do In Event Of An OPIOID OVERDOSE
Sepa Que Hacer En Caso De Una Sobredosis De Opioides
How to Respond to an Overdose
REVIVE Opioid Overdose Trainings (Atwood Foundation)
How to Use NARCAN® (naloxone HCl) Nasal Spray
Where to Find Narcan
https://www.narcan.com/availability
https://www.alexandriava.gov/health/info/default.aspx?id=102696
https://www.altrixmedical.com/naloxofind
Relevant Laws
Safe reporting of overdoses. Establishes an affirmative defense to prosecution of an individual for (i) simple possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, or controlled paraphernalia; (ii) intoxication in public; or (iii) the unlawful purchase, possession, or consumption of alcohol if such individual sought or obtained emergency medical attention for himself or for another individual because of a drug-related or alcohol-related overdose and if the evidence for the charge was obtained as a result of the individual seeking or obtaining emergency medical attention. The bill provides that the affirmative defense may only be invoked by an individual who (a) remains at the scene of the overdose or at any location to which he is transported for emergency medical attention until a law-enforcement officer responds to the report of an overdose or, if no law-enforcement officer is present at either the scene or the other location, cooperates with law enforcement, (b) identifies himself to the responding law-enforcement officer, and (c) cooperates, upon request, with any criminal investigation reasonably related to the drug or alcohol that resulted in the overdose. No individual may assert this affirmative defense if the emergency medical attention sought or obtained was during the execution of a search warrant or during the conduct of a lawful search or a lawful arrest
Good Samaritan Law: The law states that individuals who in good faith prescribes, dispenses, or administers naloxone or other opioid antagonist used for overdose reversal in an emergency to an individual who is believed to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opiate overdose shall not be liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such treatment if acting in accordance with the provisions of subsection X or Y of § 54.1-3408 or in his role as a member of an emergency medical services agency.
Report Use of Narcan
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HJYVY9C