VICTORIAN MP, Fiona Patten, is calling for police officers to be given access to naloxone, following reports that Australian Federal Police seized 11kg of fentanyl in Dec 2021.
Patten warned that the drug was being used to lace a range of illicit narcotics and in counterfeit prescription opioids and benzodiazepines.
"It would be naive to think the Dec discovery has not been followed by further importations, with more to come," she said.
"We are facing a tragedy.
"Every police officer should from today forward carry naloxone, delivered via nasal spray to reverse the effects of opioids."
Patten's call came after the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) granted Section 19A approval to the importation of a naloxone product not listed on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) to address shortages (PD 23 Aug).
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