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    With opioid overdoses still on the rise, more regular people are carrying Narcan

    by Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times Jan 11, 2023 4 minutes
    A kit of Narcan nasal spray sits atop a dummy before a Narcan training session for John Swett Unified School District teachers at Rodeo Hills Elementary School in Rodeo, California, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022.

    SAN FRANCISCO — Monica Clayton was standing in line at a Burger King on Market Street in downtown San Francisco just before 7 a.m. when a frantic man ran into the restaurant.

    "Somebody call 911, my girlfriend is overdosing," he yelled.

    Outside, the woman lay on the ground unresponsive. Her lips were turning blue. Paramedics arrived and administered a nasal spray, two or three times, Clayton recalled. After a minute, the woman regained consciousness.

    Awed, Clayton — who is 36 and in recovery from meth addiction — approached a first responder and asked, "What is that stuff?"

    It's naloxone, also known as Narcan, a lifesaving medication that can reduce or reverse the effects of an opioid drug overdose, the medic as an easy-to-use nasal spray that anyone can carry to help someone in distress.

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