So yes to your first question, and no to your second. "The medication naloxone has been proven to stop the effects of opioid overdose and save lives, and it is legal to carry in the state of Hawaii. Also called Narcan, naloxone is an inexpensive, FDA-approved generic drug that works to reverse an opioid overdose, including fentanyl overdose, by restoring breath to unconscious overdose victims. Naloxone is not psychoactive, has no potential for misuse or abuse, and side effects are rare, " the website says. Most insurance plans are supposed to cover naloxone, however a person cannot use their own insurance to cover the cost for someone else, Nikos A. Leverenz, a spokesperson for the Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, said last month, in response to another reader who wanted to obtain the overdose antidote for a loved one-in that case it was a mother whose teenage daughter was headed to college on the mainland. HHHRC offers nasal naloxone to the general public for free place a request at for two doses to be mailed to a Hawaii address. "We encourage anyone who uses opioids or is around someone who uses opioids to obtain it. Having naloxone on hand is a key to preventing fatal overdose. We hope that those who use opioids do not do so alone, to the extent possible, and that they also refrain from using alcohol (which can result in respiratory depression ), " he said in an email. Q : Regarding the mortgage relief, what is the income limit ?Ī : Relief for Oahu homeowners who fell behind on their mortgage payments because of the pandemic is available for households with annual income up to 150 % of the area median income as defined by a federal housing agency. However, funding priority will be given to households at 100 % AMI or below. For a household of four, those figures are $195, 900 and $130, 600, respectively. See for more information, including the income limits for smaller and larger households. Mahalo Mahalo to the family who moved our beloved dog off the road after he was hit by a car. They went out of their way to find us, his heartbroken owners who had been looking for him from the moment he escaped our fenced yard. They were not the ones who hit him, yet they were the ones who stopped to try to help.-Grieving reader-Write to Kokua Line at Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 500 Ala Moana Blvd.In September 2021 we just launched our first Instagram Campaign: “Palliative Care – Care The Way It Should Be.” Instagram? Really? It was a terrible night and we did not thank them properly at the time. If you ever wondered what Instagram, or IG for short, is all about, this is your day. If you already are on Instagram you know what to do: follow us ❤️ us and comment on our posts. If you now wonder: “What … are t hey talking about?” please read on. Instagram is part of our social media universe, like TickTock, Twitter or Facebook.
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