Governor Hassan Announces Department of Health and Human Services Signs Standing Order with Rite Aid to Dispense Narcan to Patients in Need

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Continuing her efforts to combat the heroin and opioid crisis and help save lives, Governor Maggie Hassan announced that the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Rite Aid have signed a standing order to stock naloxone, an emergency treatment for heroin and opioid overdoses also known as Narcan, at Rite Aid pharmacies in New Hampshire.

With the standing order in place, any individual will be able to purchase Narcan from a Rite Aid pharmacist in New Hampshire. Rite Aid is the first pharmacy chain to sign a standing order in New Hampshire.

"The heroin and opioid crisis is the most pressing public health and safety challenge facing our state, and while we work to support law enforcement and strengthen prevention, treatment and recovery efforts, we must also do everything that we can to save lives when an overdose takes place," Governor Hassan said. "I thank Rite Aid for their leadership in working with the State to sign a standing order that makes Narcan available in their New Hampshire locations, and I encourage other pharmacies to follow Rite Aid's example to help increase access to this life-saving emergency treatment."

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