Vancouver police to get naloxone nasal spray in case of opioid exposure
Vancouver police officers and support staff will soon have access to the nasal-spray form of naloxone to protect themselves against accidental exposure to toxic opioids such as fentanyl.
Chief Adam Palmer said employees are increasingly coming into contact with potentially dangerous drugs at work.
He said it’s essential to provide them with medication used to block or reverse the effects of opioids, which have caused hundreds of overdose deaths in Vancouver and across the country.
Exposure to the drugs can also cause extreme drowsiness, slowed breathing or loss of consciousness.