Topic: Opioid Antidote

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10th Anniversary
Episode 976 42:28 - 46:07

976: 10th Anniversary

Walgreens Narcan Distribution and the "Meth Bus" Anecdote

Walgreens announces it will stock the opioid antidote Narcan in all 8,000 of its stores, making it available without a prescription in most states. This news triggers a personal anecdote about "Meth Buses" in the Netherlands during the 1970s, which would drive through neighborhoods to provide government-sanctioned methadone treatments to addicts.