Federal Law Proposed to Protect Good Samaritans Using NaloxoneAddictionBy Promises Behavioral HealthAugust 4, 2015After three overdose deaths in just two days in Lynn, Massachusetts, Sen. Edward J. Markey has proposed federal legislation to protect “good Samaritans” who use the overdose antidote Narcan. The move may have been taken in response to the recent deaths, but rising overdose deaths have long been a problem across the U.S., and many…
