Irish Examiner view: Cork firefighters can now administer life-saving Naloxone

Cork City Fire Brigade first responders can give the life-saving drug to people who have suffered overdose

We cannot lose sight of the fact that people are overdosing on our streets right now. The adoption of Naloxone is a welcome development. Stock picture

This week there was a new development in the ongoing fight against drug addiction, with firefighters in Cork City now able to administer a potentially life-saving anti-overdose drug.

Naloxone is a prescription-only medication used as an antidote to temporarily reverse the effects of opioid drugs such as heroin, morphine, codeine, and methadone, as well as synthetic opioids such as nitazene.