Guidance for Implementing Opioid Overdose Prevention Measures in Public Libraries now available from the New York State Library: To combat the continuing rise in opioid related deaths in New York State, laws were recently amended to allow New York State’s public libraries to administer opioid antagonists (naloxone) in library facilities by partnering with a New York State Department of Health Registered Opioid Overdose Prevention Program operated by another organization. This guidance document is the result of a multi-disciplinary agency collaboration to help all New York State libraries implement their own opioid overdose prevention programs
