IL legislator administered opioid antagonist on House floor to show safety, ease of use

To demonstrate its safety and ease of use, a state legislator was administered an opioid antagonist on the Illinois House floor Wednesday. State Rep. Bill Hauter had fellow Republican state Rep. Amy Grant open a box of naloxone and spray the antagonist up his nose. Hauter, an emergency room physician, said to him, the medication doesn’t do anything. But for those suffering an opioid overdose, it is life saving.