Drug to reverse opioid overdoses should be given to every addict, Cork conference hears

Naloxone should be in every drug user’s family home and on landings in every prison, Cork advocate said

Naloxone, a substance which can reverse an overdose and save a person’s life, should be rolled out extensively, including to all methadone patients when they collect their prescription, Mark Wright of The Recovery Academy Cork said. Picture: Mario Tama/Getty Images

A drug to reverse opioid overdoses could save lives if given with methadone in every pharmacy to people battling addiction, a conference on drug death bereavement in Cork has heard.

Naloxone, a substance which can reverse an overdose and save a person’s life, should be rolled out extensively, including to all methadone patients when they collect their prescription, Mark Wright of The Recovery Academy Cork said.