Enlarge this image Rosalind Pichardo, who founded Operation Save Our City in Philadelphia, sprays a container of Narcan during a demonstration Sept.…
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April 1, 2019 — As America’s opioid epidemic continues, seemingly without end, states and other local governments have searched for ways to…
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‘Church Of Safe Injection’ Offers Needles, Naloxone To Prevent Opioid Overdoses
by Deborah Becker February 12, 2019Enlarge this image A man who goes by the name Dave Carvagio holds a packaged syringe in Pickering Square in Bangor, Maine.…
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Enlarge this image David Braithwaite signs a document to get free naloxone from Hayley Eager on Thursday, when Pennsylvania gave away naloxone…
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Enlarge this image Isela was denied life insurance because her medication list showed a prescription for the opioid-reversal drug naloxone. The Boston…
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Opioid Antidote Can Save Lives, But Deciding When To Use It Can Be Challenging
by Nina Feldman October 29, 2018Enlarge this image A Philadelphia police officer holds a package of the overdose antidote naloxone while on patrol in the Kensington neighborhood…
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VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response
by Martha Bebinger September 27, 2018It took more than 10 minutes for paramedics to arrive after a housekeeper found a man collapsed on the floor of a…
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Poll: Most Americans Know About Opioid Antidote And Are Willing To Use It
by Scott Hensley August 21, 2018Enlarge this image A man holds a sample of the opioid antidote Narcan during a training session at a New York City…
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