Colorado's Naloxone Fund Shortfall

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Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund

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Colorado’s Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund is running out of money

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Colorado 's Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund was created in 2019 to provide free naloxone to organizations like the Harm Reduction Action Center .

The fund's annual budget grew from just over $300,000 in fiscal year 2019 to more than $8.5 million in fiscal 2022 .

One of the fund’s major money sources, the American Rescue Plan passed by Congress in response to the covid-19 pandemic, is set to expire next year .

In Washington and Kentucky , as part of the states’ settlements with Teva Pharmaceuticals , tens of thousands of free naloxone kits will be available to residents.

Each state uses its opioid settlement funds differently.

Colorado ’s fund has distributed more than half a million doses of the drug to hundreds of organizations and schools.

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