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DAWSON@GROWINDIANA.NET.

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THE INDIANA STATE HEALTHCOMMISSIONER HAS JUST MADE AMOVE TO MAKE IT EASIER FORHOOSIERS TO GET A LIFESAVING

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DRUG TO REVERSE DEADLY DRUGOVERDOSES.BARBARA LEWIS HAS MORE ON THELATEST IN THE FIGHT TO COMBAT

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THE STATE'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC INTHE BUSINESS OF HEALTH.BARB?>> THANK YOU, GERRY.

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>> THE COMMISSIONER ISSUED ASTANDING ORDER THAT ALLOWSORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TOGET NALOXONE WITHOUT A

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PRESCRIPTION. DR JEROME ADAMS,INDIANA'S STATE HEALTHCOMMISSIONER JOINS ME NOW.IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

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>> A PLEASURE TO BE BACK.>> THE STANDING ORDER, WHY THESTANDING ORDER, AND WHAT EXACTLYDOES IT DO?

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>> WELL, WE HAVE OVER 1,000PEOPLE WHO DIED OF AN OVERDOSELAST YEAR IN INDIANA COMPARED TO800 WHO DIED FROM CAR CRASHES.

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WE HEARD FROM A SENATOR, AND THEGOVERNOR, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING,AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP IT?THE IDEA IS TO GET NALOXONE IN

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THE HANDS OF MORE PEOPLE.ONE OF THE OBSTACLES, PHYSICIANSWEREN'T WILLING TO WRITEPRESCRIPTIONS.

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THIS ALLOWS THEM TO GO TO APARTICIPATING AND GET NALOXONE.>> IF SOMEONE GOES TO A DRUGSTORE, AND ASKS FOR IT, HOW MUCH

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INFORMATION WILL THEY HAVE TOGIVE?>> WELL, BY THE LAW, IT'SWHATEVER THE RULES OF THAT

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PHARMACY WOULD BE.OUR ENTIRE GOAL WAS TO LOWER THEOBSTACLES TO PUTTING NALOXONE INTHE HANDS OF MORE FOLKS SO WE

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CAN SAVE LIVES.>> PHARMACIES OBVIOUSLY ONELOGICAL PLACE, THERE AREORGANIZATIONS, AND PLACES THAT

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ARE GOING TO OFFER THAT.>> WE'VE REACHED OUT TO LAWENFORCEMENT, PHARMACIES, HEALTHDEPARTMENTS, REALLY, AN ALL

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HANDS ON DECK RESPONSE ASORDERED BY GOVERNOR PENCE AND ISREPRESENTED BY THE TASK FORCE.>> ARE THERE SIMILAR

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ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WOULDN'TTHINK ABOUT?>> WELL, AGAIN, WE HAVE 500FOLKS VIA THE WEB SITE, 500

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LOCATIONS, 20 ENTITIES THAT WEWOULD LIKE TO SEE GROCERYSTORES, WAL-MART, KROGER, THOSETYPES OF FOLKS, WE'RE IN TALKS

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WITH, AND WE WANT ANYONE WHO ISA TOUCH POINT FOR FOLKS.>> ONCE YOU GET THE NARKON ORNALOXONE, THERE WOULD BE USING

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IT PROPERLY.>> WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TOTHE WEB SITE, AND NOT ONLY CANYOU REGISTER TO BE AN ENTITY,

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BUT YOU CAN FIND OUT WHO THEPARTICIPATING ENTITIES ARE INYOUR AREA, AND LINKS TO TRAININGVIDEOS, AND FREQUENTLY ASKED

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QUESTIONS ABOUT NALOXONE.I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO GO THERENOW AND CHECK OUT THE WEB SITE,BECOME MORE EDUCATED ABOUT IT,

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EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT NOTNEED IT, OR NOT WANT TOREGISTER.>> A SLIGHT CHANGE OF TOPIC.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ZIKA VIRUSIN INDIANA.WHAT'S THE STATUS?>> WELL, 800 CASES IN THE U.S.,

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ALL TRAVEL-RELATED, 10 CASES ININDIANA, ALL TRAVEL-RELATED.ONE MESSAGE I GIVE THE FOLKS,AND PARTICULARLY BUSINESSES, BE

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AWARE OF WHERE YOU'RE TRAVELINGTO.WE -- WHAT WE DON'T WANT ISWOMEN PREGNANT, OR FOLKS

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THINKING OF BECOMING PREGNANT,MEN OR WOMEN, ZIKA CAN BESEXUALLY TRANSMITTED.NO NEED TO PUT YOURSELF AT RISK

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UNNECESSARILY.>> IS THERE -- WHAT'S THE STATEDOING TO REALLY MONITOR THE ZIKACASES?

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>> WELL, WE HAVE CONVENEDPARTNERS, WE ACTUALLY JUSTRECENTLY HAD A BIG MEETING OFFOLKS ACROSS THE STATE TO TALK

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ABOUT THE ZIKA RESPONSE PLAN.PREVIOUSLY YOU HAVE THE TEST TOTHE CDC, WE GET OUR TEST RESULTSBACK QUICKER, IF WE IDENTIFY

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SOMEONE, WE GO TO THEIR HOUSE,SPRAY THEIR AREA, AND MAKE SURE