07/28/2014
https://congress.gov...
"I carry Naloxone in my backpack. It is sitting behind me in a ready, injectable pen, because it is something that we can do--it is an anti-death serum."
"we certainly have seen an epidemic of opioid abuse, of deaths."
"To have this available in a coprescribing way to family members and to patients alike and to make sure that they are trained in the utilization of this is no different than having an automatic defibri..."
"This would allow for co-prescribing of naloxone when physicians are prescribing opioids in cases where the patient is at high risk for overdose."