Talk:Naloxone

message: This page is about the medication. Naming various agencies that hand them out is WP:UNDUE. If laundromats were handing out Tide for free and that happens to be covered in the media, you wouldn't put that in Tide, or laundry detergent page. Graywalls (talk) 20:40, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I've requested Wikiproject Medicine for additional perspectives. Thanks, Graywalls (talk) 21:05, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thus far, I'm seeing no consensus in favor of mentioning by name, ON POINT NYC. They're just one of many organizations around the world who hands out naloxone. Certainly not the first, nor were they the pioneer. I strongly object to including their mention by name in this article, or in harm reduction Graywalls (talk) 07:59, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: This comment at WT:MED from @Vontheri seems to me to be a good path forward.  We shouldn't list every org, or even dozens of them, but I think that the article will be incomplete until it mentions a few milestones (e.g., the first orgs to distribute it in a few key countries, or the one that does the most work in this area). WhatamIdoing (talk) 14:00, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

text: Is this organization the only organization that distributes naloxone by mail? If so, then that is something that makes it unique, so it could possibly be notable due to it being the only organization to distribute naloxone in that manner. If other organizations also distribute naloxone by mail, then this specific organization would be just one of many, and would probably not be notable in this article. However, I don't see any reason why a new article in list form couldn't be started called something like "list of naloxone distributors" which could include this organization along with any other organizations that distribute naloxone. Vontheri (talk) 15:01, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: NEXT Harm Reduction was the first org to do this in the US and remains the leader in this area, though it has partnerships with state-specifics organizations. It’s probably not literally the only one. Prezbo (talk) 15:47, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

text:  I believe NEXT is a dropship fulfillment service that started to send out "harm reduction" supplies to clients on behalf of state syringe exchange services due to in-person service suspension during COVID. Putting specific vendors that did X in Y place or in Z way is undue. Sweetwater Sound has been known to include candy with every order. Even with sources, saying they're the first to do so, longest etailer to do so, in United States.. into the article candy could be truthful, yet undue. If the person who created the article did so to both candy, and eCommerce, well that's even more undue. This aside, this sort of trivia attracts more such thing. It would be unreasonable to be ok with some including "first in US" and not allow the same for "first in China", "first in India" if the "first in US" was not the first in the world. Since trivia like this doesn't add value to the article candy, omitting is the right answer. Graywalls (talk) 18:10, 17 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  naming projects, organizations agencies that hand them out 

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thread_title:  Source 132's archive is broken 

message: I haven't read this book, but I'll post it here as a probably resource.
OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose Prezbo (talk) 12:24, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like WP:MEDPOP; could be useful but not for hard WP:BMI. Bon courage (talk) 12:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible source 

message: Any other opinions on whether or not this picture adds to the article? Prezbo (talk) 12:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Library sign pic 

message: The government is planning to change Naloxone from prescription-only to being able to be given without a prescription needed. Can someone tell me if I'm allowed to change the legal status and add some information to relevant sections? Or should I wait until the full legislation is released? I just don't want to make changes that I'm not completely sure of but I would love to type up information and make changes for a page like this because I rarely get to.
Sources: BBC, BMJ JJPlays (talk) 19:12, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK legislation change