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NOPD to carry opioid overdose antidote as part of citywide plan to combat 'epidemic'
this is a discussion within the NOLA Community Forum; New Orleans Police Department officers will begin carrying a potentially life-saving drug to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose, following more than 160 opioid-related deaths in the city in 2016. As part of a sweeping plan to address the ...
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NOPD to carry opioid overdose antidote as part of citywide plan to combat 'epidemic'
 New Orleans Police Department officers will begin carrying a potentially life-saving drug to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose, following more than 160 opioid-related deaths in the city in 2016. As part of a sweeping plan to address the ?opioid epidemic,? Mayor Mitch Landrieu and city officials revealed Oct. 18 that NOPD will carry naloxone, the life-saving overdose-reversal drug. A 2016 Gambit cover story found that no Louisiana law enforcement agency carried naloxone ? locally it was only previously carried by EMS and New Orleans Fire Department first responders, despite a 2014 statewide law encouraging law enforcement to carry it. ? |
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