Health committee  Yes, I think that will be the result. I think of my own patients who have actually done federal time for exactly the scenario that you're describing. But I think there's another scenario in addition to what you're describing, and we spoke about it this morning. There are many p

Health committee  I agree.

Health committee  Yes, it is a public health crisis.

Health committee  Also, we need to do something about how we prescribe medication in this country. There needs to be a national approach.

Health committee  I was just going to mention with the other things that we need real-time surveillance of drug use. We have no idea of what's going on across the country. Most of our data is at least two years old by the time it comes to us from the Office of the Chief Coroner.

Health committee  If we look at the example of what Washington state did when they enacted their good Samaritan legislation in 2010, they followed that up about a year later with a survey of all the Seattle patrol officers during roll call. That survey had an incredibly high response rate of 97%.

Health committee  I don't have a percentage. I can tell you from our personal experience at our clinic that we have a number of youth, which is broadly defined now to include ages 16 to 25. The vast majority of people who attend our clinic are people who use drugs and who may use them in a riskie

Health committee  Yes, I definitely do. I've been working with a marginalized population for the past 16 years and that is absolutely the story that they will tell me should be true.

Health committee  You're looking at naloxone specifically as a harm reduction technique, which most people would call naloxone. There's actually a study showing that it did not increase the use of drugs or the way in which people use drugs. For example, it did not increase the riskiness of the dru

Health committee  Yes, I agree with all the concerns you've identified. My concern would be that this would stymie this bill and the progress might be regressive. I have no legislative or legal opinion that would matter. However, is there a way to move forward with the existing wording and then

Health committee  Good morning. Thank you for asking me to come to speak to this bill. More than two years ago, this committee issued its report “Government's Role in Addressing Prescription Drug Abuse”, which recommended that the government consider overdose immunity law that would exempt indivi