Methods. Epub 2018 May 29. 2018 Aug 1;189:37-41. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.04.020. Most states have passed laws to widen the availability to naloxone for family, friends, and other potential bystanders of overdose. In an effort to save more lives from opioid overdose, SAMHSA published the Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit - 2018. To examine early impacts of laws that require naloxone to be prescribed to patients at increased overdose risk. As of 6/30/2017, all U.S. states have passed one or several provisions of naloxone access laws.5 Like other state level policies, naloxone access laws vary from state to state. Since 2010, states have made legal changes aimed at expanding access to naloxone and increasing its use by laypersons. Apply for Free Naloxone. Percent change in overdose death rates in selected locations by race, 1999- 2018 According to Figure 4. Objectives. Data on naloxone dispensing came from IQVIA, which maintains information on prescriptions from approximately 50,400 retail pharmacies, representing 92% of all prescriptions in the United States. ich these laws permit layperson distribution and possession varies. Between 2013 and 2016, nine states instituted laws that give pharmacists direct authority to dispense naloxone to anyone without a prescription. The first state to implement the law was New Mexico (4/3/2001). SAMHSA continues to work with its federal partners, states, first responders, and other stakeholders to educate on the use of and increase access to naloxone. Since October 2018, the NDP had distributed over 489,000 units of naloxone, and recorded over 23,750 overdose reversals. NDP Information & FAQs State naloxone access laws are associated with an increase in the number of naloxone prescriptions dispensed in retail pharmacies Drug Alcohol Depend. Though many states have passed laws mandating that naloxone be made available without a prescription, researchers … In states that adopt a naloxone access law, there is a 9-11% decrease in the number of opioid-related deaths, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. SAMHSA’s Efforts to Expand the Use of Naloxone. The NDP aims to address the opioid crisis by reducing opioid overdose deaths through the provision of free naloxone, in its nasal spray formulation. The aim of this study is to investigate differences in provisions of Naloxone Accessibility Laws by states mainly in the Northeast and West regions, and the impact of naloxone availability on the rates of drug overdose deaths. VIEW STATES … Using data from 2014 to 2018 from a large pharmacy chain, CVS Pharmacy, we examined the effects of naloxone-prescribing mandates 90 days before and after they took effect in Arizona, Florida, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. Naloxone prescriptions dispensed from retail pharmacies increased nearly twelvefold between the fourth quarter of 2013 and the second quarter of 2015. 112. However, the impact of such changes has remained rather unclear. Among those is the need to arm friends, family members, and others with the ability to save lives from opioid overdoses.