Federal moves to help opioid crisis not enough, experts say (NBCNews.com)
Thursday Apr 5th, 2018
Anybody who knows someone at risk of an opioid overdose should always carry naloxone, the anti-overdose drug, Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said Thursday. He said his office was working with manufacturers and insurance companies to help make it possible.
Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen said the plan is a good first step.
“Our problem isn’t the policies. It’s access to the medications,” Wen said. “We are being priced out of our ability to save lives.”
Wen said Baltimore needs $10 million a year from the federal government to fight the opioid epidemic.
“It cannot be one-time funding. It must be sustained,” she said. The discounted price offered by Kaleo is still too expensive," she said.