Last summer, the state Board of Pharmacy drafted the rules for over the counter sales of naloxone, also called Narcan. They were sent to the governor's office where they languished for six months.
Last week, LePage told an NECN reporter "I have never seen the Narcan rules," and "I don't sign rules, I don't know where this came from."
Former State Senator Phil Harriman, a Republican, says that "doesn't pass the straight face test." Former Speaker of the House John Richardson, a Democrat went further. "I think (Gov. LePage) needs his mouth washed out with soap for telling a fib."
The Board of Pharmacy amended the rules last week to satisfy Gov. LePage and his argument that the anti-overdose drug should not be sold to anyone under 21.
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Harriman and Richardson disagree on the effort by LePage and House Republican leader Ken Fredette to delay the implementation of recreational marijuana rules until 2019, after LePage's term is over.
Richardson says Gov. LePage will try to claim that pot sales didn't happen on his watch, but he'll be wrong. "LePage could have had a lot to do with ...changing the rules if he participated, which he didn't."
But Harriman says "I think the governor has rightly said 'we only have one chance to get this right.'"
The analysts also talk about the People's Veto campaign to preserve Ranked Choice Voting.
Richardson says it reflects a lack of leadership in the legislature to settle this matter properly.
Harriman believes backers of RCV should have been gathering signatures for a Constitutional change, to resolve the legal questions that surround the new voting system.
“Political Brew” airs Sundays on NEWS CENTER's Morning Report.