D.C. opioid crisis: Officials begin distributing 76,000 new naloxone kits
By Peter Jamison Peter Jamison Reporter covering D.C. politics and government Email Bio Follow March 28 at 1:08 PM D.C. officials have purchased 66,000 naloxone kits, part of a plan to dramatically increase supply of a lifesaving opioid overdose antidote that has been scarce on the streets of a city with one of the nation’s highest rates of drug deaths.
News of the distribution efforts came in an updated plan to tackle the District’s opioid crisis that was scheduled to be released Thursday afternoon by the administration of Mayor Muriel E. Bowser . In December, The Washington Post published a series about the city’s lackluster response to rising heroin overdoses, most of which were caused by the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl. The District’s missteps included distributing naloxone at far lower rates than other cities with comparable opioid problems and bungling $4 million in federal grant funds.
In addition to the new details on the naloxone program, Bowser’s updated plan provides an April 30 deadline for the launch of another key program: the treatment of recent overdose victims at three hospital emergency rooms.
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