REMARKS
Overview and aims of Intro 206-A
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Council member Hanif's statement introduces Intro 206-A, which aims to prevent drug-related deaths in Department of Correction (DOC) facilities by improving policies related to NARCAN, an opioid overdose reversal medication.
- At least ten people incarcerated in DOC facilities died of suspected drug overdoses from 2022 to 2023
- Intro 206-A focuses on improving NARCAN policies to prevent future drug-related deaths
- NARCAN is described as a medicine that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses
Sandy Nurse
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From 2022 to 2023, at least ten people incarcerated in DOC facilities died of a suspected drug overdose.
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Intro 206a aims to prevent future drug related deaths by improving policies to NARCAN, a medicine that rapidly review reverses an opioid overdose.
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This bill would require all correction officers to be trained on how to use NARCAN.
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At a previous committee hearing, commissioner Mag Magendly Liddy shared that.
James Saunders
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I also wanna recognize council member, Shana Brayu, has joined us.
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I'm gonna resume council member, Hanif's opening statement.
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Intro 206a aims to prevent future drug related deaths by improving policies to NARCAN, a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
