States Get Road Map for Easing Access to Opioid Reversal Drug (1)

The White House on Wednesday provided states with a legislative road map for removing barriers to an opioid overdose reversal drug.

The model law, released by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, offers legal provisions that states could enact to ease access to the drug naloxone. The move comes amid the Biden administration’s increasing efforts to combat the nation’s addiction crisis.

“Naloxone is one of the most effective tools we have to save lives. But sadly, today, people with substance use disorders are overdosing and dying across the country because naloxone access depends a great deal on where ...