The weather’s getting warmer, people are restless, and festival season has begun. It’s shaping up to be a hedonistic summer, which is why Narcan is essential.
, with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting a grim record of more than 100,000 fatalities in 2021. Synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, have greatly contributed to this surge. “The drug supply is getting increasingly unpredictable,” says Sheila Vakharia, the deputy director of the Department of Research and Academic Engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance.
Travers-Hayward and Perry decided to target festivals because they figure there will be a large population of people who aren’t habitual drug users but who decide to dabble. With no tolerance, chances of overdose are especially likely. “We thought, you know, we'll email festivals, maybe we'll end up at one or two in Ohio,” Travers-Hayward says. “But then we started getting good feedback.” The duo has even had to turn down some festivals because they don’t have the bandwidth to be there.
Occasionally, though, there is still some pushback. Brooklyn-based writer Virginia K. Smith recently had her Narcan confiscated from a club in Williamsburg, even though she explained its purpose to the security team. “I think I literally said, ’It’s the opposite of drugs,’” she says. New York mayor Eric Adams’ office recently launchedto encourage bar owners and other nightlife leaders to stock Narcan; this incident is a reminder that the message hasn’t sunk in across the board.
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