Tempe nonprofit worries about potential federal cuts to NARCAN program
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — The Trump administration is reportedly considering making cuts to a $56 million program that directly expands access to Naloxone, or NARCAN, the life-saving overdose reversal drug.
NARCAN advocates said the prevalence of the medicine directly correlates to the state’s and the nation’s drop in opioid deaths.
Arizona’s Family spoke with Sonoran Prevention Works, which has given out more than a million Narcan kits throughout the Valley. The nonprofit is worried about the potential cuts and what could happen to people without it.
“We hear all the time from the community we serve that they would not be around if they didn’t have this in their hands, so having Naloxone means that people are alive,” said Danielle Treiber with Sonoran Prevention Works.
Treiber and many other nonprofit leaders tackling the opioid epidemic are hoping the Trump administration does not make cuts. So far, no official decision has been made.
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