Georgia addiction recovery group wants overdose reversal kits in every government building

Jon Langston, founder and president of Reboot Jackson, which is a recovery community organization in Jackson County, displays a naloxone kit while at the state Capitol in January. (Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder)

Jon Langston says he probably would not have set foot inside the state Capitol before he sobered up 15 years ago. But if he had visited, he would have most definitely been high.

So to him, the five overdose reversal kits that were installed under the Gold Dome last year are more than symbolic.

But as a person in long-term recovery who now advocates for more widespread adoption of naloxone kits, Langston said he also sees the prominent placement of the boxes as an important recognition.