Under the Regulations, it is legal for a drug service to provide a family member or friend of a heroin or opioid user with naloxone without the express permission of the person who is using the heroin or opioid, if it is being supplied to save life in an emergency. However, services that are supplying naloxone need to consider the ethics of supplying naloxone to friends or family without the drug user knowing or agreeing. We would expect drug services to address this issue in local protocols and through local clinical decision-making processes.