Coast Guard members would get life-saving overdose medication more easily on duty.
Coast Guard members would have life-saving overdose medication, like naloxone, more easily available on all bases and during operations. This bill would require the Coast Guard to update its policies to ensure this medication is on hand to treat opioid overdoses, including fentanyl. It also changes rules about controlled substances on vessels and requires the Coast Guard to participate in a national tracking system for substance use.
Today, the Coast Guard likely has a policy for drug overdoses, but it's not explicitly required to have naloxone available everywhere for its members. Also, current law prohibits certain controlled substance activities on vessels. After this bill, the Coast Guard would be required to make naloxone available on all its bases and during all operations for its members. The law would also broaden the types of illegal drug activities on vessels.
HR 2351 · 119th Congress · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 8/10
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