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In 2014, nearly 1,200 people in North Carolina died from accidental opioid drug overdoses.Every one of them could still be alive today, said Rick Brajer,…
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Walgreens Monday announced it will offer over-the-counter distribution of the opioid overdose drug naloxone in all its stores in Indiana and Ohio.Naloxone…
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Though no one has tracked national numbers, overdoses in schools appear to be rare. Still, a high-profile foundation is partnering with a pharmaceutical…
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The FDA has approved the first nasal spray version of naloxone, or Narcan, the drug used to save people from opioid overdoses.Police officers and others…
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The growing abuse of prescription painkillers now touches home for a majority of Americans, according to a poll released Tuesday.More than 56 percent of…
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State health officials, law enforcement and legislators all praise what’s sometimes referred to as the miraculous effects of nalxone - a drug that saves…
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While naloxone - a drug that's gaining nationwide visibility for its ability to reverse opioid overdoses - is federally classified as a prescription drug,…
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AnneMarie Zagari found her teenage son unresponsive on the couch after he took too many opioid painkillers in 2011. She began pounding his chest and…
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Baltimore Health Commissioner Leana Wen is working to put the anti-overdose medication naloxone into the hands of as many heroin users as possible. But the price of the antidote has nearly doubled.
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In August, the Pulaski County, Missouri, police captain Johnny Burgess ran his team through a new kind of training exercise. Divided into pairs, each…