Responding To Drug Overdoses Could Become Easier In Missouri

(MISSOURINET) – Responding to drug overdoses could soon become easier in Missouri. The state Legislature passed a bill this year sponsored by St. Joseph Representative Brenda Shields. The legislation would no longer require Missouri sheriff’s departments to be under the supervision of a medical director or ambulance service in order to give reversal drugs or devices to anyone having a drug overdose.

Shields’ bill, which awaits a decision from Governor Parson, would also legalize the use of items to test for the presence of the powerful fentanyl drug.