Naloxone Price Spike

For those who have worked with needle-exchange programs for years, price increases for naloxone appeared to coincide directly with the move by big-city police departments to outfit officers.

“We’ve had a pretty steady price for several years now,” said Matt Curtis, the policy director of VOCAL-New York, an advocacy group. “Then these big government programs come in and now all of a sudden we’re seeing a big price spike. The timing is pretty noticeable.”


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