Overdose Prevention Ottawa

Naloxone is an opioid antidote that can be administered to reverse the effects of an overdose. Due to the prevalence of overdoses, Naloxone is available to anyone without prescription at participating pharmacies. You shouldn’t even be asked for a health card.

The site has the safety of users in mind, and Wright says that one feature that does this is that it allows users to inject more than once per sitting. Wright refers to this as a “taste,” where users can safely assess what they are taking in, and decide how to proceed in order to prevent an accidental overdose.