[bouldercouncilhotline] Hotline: Anti-Overdose Drug for heroin and opioids

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Sender: Weaver, Sam

Greg and Larry,
 
Does the Boulder PD carry naloxone kits for opioid overdose intervention?  Does Boulder Fire carry them?  How about AMR on their ambulances?
 
For Council and staff, below are a few articles about how communities are equipping all first responders for intervention in opioid overdose situations.  I would like to understand how Boulder is equipped to respond to similar situations.  I am also curious
 to know if there is any trend for opioid overdoses in Boulder, increasing or decreasing. 
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/nyregion/anti-overdose-drug-becoming-an-everyday-part-of-police-work.html
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/nyregion/in-expanded-program-officers-across-new-york-city-will-carry-antidote-for-heroin-overdoses.html
 
Thanks for any information!
 
All the best,
 

Sam Weaver
Member of Boulder City Council
weavers at bouldercolorado.gov
Phone: 303-416-6130