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Webpage: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/05/heroin_antidote_louisiana_legi.html
Pubdate: Wed, 04 Jan 2017
Source: Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Copyright: 2017 The Times-Picayune
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Website: http://www.nola.com/t-p/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/848
Author: Emily Lane
NEW LOUISIANA LAW PUTS LIFE-SAVING DRUG IN HANDS OF FIRST RESPONDERS TO
REVERSE HEROIN OVERDOSES
Lawmakers and those who testified on behalf of a bill that would expand
access to a drug that reverses the effects of opiate overdoses discuss the
legislation outside the House Health and Welfare Commitee meeting
Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Pictured from left are Rep. Bernard LeBas,
D-Ville Platte; State Fire Marshal Butch Browning; Rep. Helena Moreno,
D-New Orleans; East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Williams "Beau" Clark;
and Louisiana Fireman's Association President Kenny Hunt. Gov. Bobby
Jindal signed the bill into law on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. ( Emily Lane,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune )
Paramedics, firefighters and police officers will soon have authority to
carry and administer a life-saving drug to people suffering from heroin
overdoses.
Amid soaring increases in heroin use and deadly overdoses, Rep. Helena
Moreno, D-New Orleans, sponsored a bill granting first responders
authority to dispense naloxone. Gov. Bobby Jindal's signed the bill into
law Wednesday ( May 28 ), his office announced Thursday.
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