Honolulu could become the first city in the U.S. to require Narcan in bars and nightclubs, after the Honolulu City Council passed Bill 28 Wednesday and Mayor Rick Blangiardi
Honolulu will mandate that about 850 bars, nightclubs and restaurants serving alcohol in the city be required to have naloxone nasal spray on hand to counteract opioid-related overdoses.
The city was in court Friday before Chief Judge Derrick Watson arguing its motion filed May 5 for a summary judgment to move the case beyond a trial and resolve the matter outright.
The enforcement arm of the Honolulu Liquor Commission (HLC) is in disarray: short-staffed, demoralized, dysfunctional and by many standards, ineffective.