The Naloxone patent expired in the 80s. There is not some grand complication to its production - there are plenty of generic drug manufacturers who could be mak

The Naloxone patent expired in the 80s. There is not some grand complication to its production - there are plenty of generic drug manufacturers who could be making Naloxone for $5 a bottle. It seems obvious this is more a case of regulations mandating the use of brand name Naloxone by a specific company, thus eliminating any free market competition in the prices since only one entity can provide Naloxone to EMTs by law. And, naturally, the politicians that signed such a law to mandate one singular company provide all of a specific drug probably got sizable benefits from said drug company for doing so.