Times, however, are changing. More than 46,000 people died of an opioid overdose in the U.S. in 2017. Flooding the nation with naloxone has become an integral part of the strategy to prevent overdose deaths. Last April, the surgeon general of the United States, Dr. Jerome Adams, issued an advisory calling on members of the public to obtain naloxone. Both the state and the city are giving out naloxone. In the fall, City Council passed a bill that requires every pharmacy in the city to stock naloxone.