The Irish group
In early 2012, The Ana Liffey Drug Project convened a ‘Naloxone Advisory Group’ with the following objectives:
- (a) to pilot provision of Naloxone in Ireland for administration by opiate service users and their families, with the aim of reversing overdose;
- (b) to evaluate provision the pilot with the aim of improving the project, and – if proven effective then – to roll out national Naloxone provision.
The group is comprised of the following individuals:
Dr Gerard Bury, UCD; Dr Austin O’Carroll, Safetynet; Dr Des Corrigan, TCD; Vivian Guerin, Probation Services; Sadie Grace, National Family Support Network; Tony Duffin, Ana Liffey Drug Project; Caroline Gardner, Progression Routes Initiative.
The Welsh experience
On 6th July 2012, I attended the meeting of the group where Ivor Glynn, Director of the Swansea Drug Project, gave a presentation entitled: Naloxone- The Welsh Experience, to the Irish Naloxone Advisory Group. You can view this video presentation below (courtesy of drugs.ie) http://drugs.ie/features/feature/naloxone_the_welsh_experience