Honolulu on Monday became the first American city to require that bars, nightclubs and restaurants carry the anti-overdose medication naloxone. “Naloxone is a necessary tool these days in light of the national opioid epidemic,” Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, a member of Honolulu City Council, old the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. “It should be available and accessible in as…
In response to opioid overdose concerns, Honolulu officials passed Bill 28, which requires that all Honolulu bars, nightclubs, and other high-risk venues keep two doses of naloxone spray (also known by the brand name Narcan), the lifesaving opioid reversal medication, on their premises.
A new all-way stop at the intersection of Prospect and Alapai streets and Iolani Avenue aims to reduce speeding and the number of traffic accidents in the area.
The original bill materialized around the time a former city Department of Planning and Permitting supervisor and four other DPP employees were sentenced in connection with a lucrative bribery scheme.