St. Louis Fire Department Administered 10,249 Narcan Doses in Four Years
New data made available to the RFT show that the City of St. Louis Fire Department deployed the nasal spray Narcan 10,249 times from the start of 2018 to the end of 2021. Narcan, an "opioid antagonist," reverses an opioid overdose, bringing the overdosing person back to consciousness and stopping the depression of respiratory function brought on by drugs like Fentanyl.…