Newsom signs bill pushing for Narcan in workplace first aid kits, LA Times says

Workplaces in California could eventually be required to stock their first aid kits with naloxone or another medication that can stop an opioid overdose under a bill signed this week by Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Times’ Emily Alpert Reyes reports. Naloxone, commonly sold under the brand name Narcan, can prevent someone from dying of an opioid overdose if administered promptly by a bystander. The medicine binds to the same receptors in the brain as opioids such as fentanyl, which allows the medicine to displace the opioids and reverse their effects. Of note, Emergent BioSolutions is the drug company that produces Narcan.