Narcan doses will be carried by most on-duty deputy sheriffs who have been trained to administer the overdose-reversing drug.
Bexar County has funded an approximately 20-month supply of the life-saving Narcan nasal spray, which blocks the effects of opioids.Bexar County allocated $47,000 of its settlement from a lawsuit against opioid distributors and manufacturers to pay for nearly 2,000 doses of Narcan, a treatment that can reverse opioid overdoses.
Last year, patrol deputies administered 51 doses of the nasal spray across Bexar County, he said. An additional 10 were administered in the jail and two in the Bexar County Courthouse. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Harm reduction services are those that aim to reduce negative health consequences associated with drug use such as overdose,“I’m confident that funding and supporting these appropriate public health measures will save lives and create lasting impact for people in their county,” Guerrero-Guajardo said.
Corazón distributed nearly 7,300 doses of naxolone last year and saw 1,530 overdoses reversed because of distribution and training efforts. “Unfortunately, we’ve taken a reduction in funding over the past couple of years, about 47% of our budget, which is really difficult considering that overdose deaths have increased 35% over the past three years in Texas,” said Lisa Cleveland, professor at the UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing. “So there’s a real mismatch. … That’s why I’m so thrilled to see that Bexar County really took the initiative to earmark some of those settlement dollars.
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