I know someone who knows the family. It's true (even though the original tweet is deleted).
The hospital system I work for recently instituted a pop-up message that fires whenever an opioid order is placed, suggesting that the doctor also order naloxone (or document why they are not). We aren't alone on that, but this is a relatively recent change.
If you have children in college: our older son took a short online course for his NY college late summer 2020 as an undergrad student, and they sent him an naloxone inhaler to carry with him. He renewed the cert late summer 2021and they sent him a new inhaler at the beginning of the current school year.
More and more states are making this law. SC just did. Which is a good step in the right direction but still has some flaws.
My cousin had a friend OD and subsequently got trained to use Narcan (she's a biochemist in a university lab, so she might have an better access to training). She has used it on multiple occasions in Worcester and LA on people who are OD'ing. She says she carries like her phone or wallet; everywhere. It's easy and can save a life. It should be part of First Aid/CPR training that everyone gets.
