Editorial, May 11, 2017

A recent proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to require those given more than one dose of naloxone hydrochloride, commonly known as Narcan, to pay for additional doses struck us as bizarre. According to a summary of LD 1558, the bill "requires municipalities, counties and their agents, including contracted first responders, to recoup the cost of administering naloxone hydrochloride and other opioid antagonists from individuals to whom they administer those medications a second or subsequent time."