Bill Helps Overdose Victims

Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law a package of bills that, among other things, is designed to help save people who overdose on drugs. The law requires EMS responders be trained to administer opioid medications aboard life support vehicles. Those medications can reverse the effects of a narcotic overdose. The new law also says that prescribers can dispense the medication — under certain circumstances — to friends or family of individuals who may be at risk of experiencing a heroin-related overdose.