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Police, clergy, medical leaders team up to tackle opioid crisis in Hall

In December, Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order making Naloxone, the overdose antidote to opioids, available over the counter. Senate Bill 121, known as the Jeffrey Dallas Gay Jr. Act, was signed by the governor May 4 to turn the order into law and remove Naloxone from the dangerous drug list.

1216NALOXONE1 — In December, Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order making Naloxone, the overdose antidote to opioids, available over the counter. Senate Bill 121, known as the Jeffrey Dallas Gay Jr. Act, was signed by the governor May 4 to turn the order into law and remove Naloxone from the dangerous drug list.

The day Dallas Gay’s grandson died of an overdose, no one in the house had the antidote that could have saved his life. People at the scene were afraid to call law enforcement, and the police who showed up didn’t have the antidote anyway. Since then, Gov.