Maine Weighs Wider Use of Drug That Prevents Overdose Deaths – Bangor Daily News

Maine weighs wider use of drug that prevents overdose deaths – Bangor Daily News

Maine weighs wider use of drug that prevents overdose deaths
Bangor Daily News
Many public health officials have raised concerns that efforts to curtail prescription drug abuse have led users to shift to cheaper and more readily available heroin. In 17 states and Washington, D.C., lawmakers have expanded the availability of

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Nearly Two-Thirds of States Lack Rescue Drug and Good Samaritan Overdose … – Sacramento Bee

Nearly Two-Thirds of States Lack Rescue Drug and Good Samaritan Overdose
Sacramento Bee
Rescue Drug Laws: Only 17 states and Washington, D.C. have laws in place to expand access to, and use of naloxone – a prescription drug that can be effective in counteracting an overdose – by lay administrators. The states include: Alaska, California, 

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