How Easy Is It to Get Naloxone in Your State?
Here's how states have made it easier for bystanders to administer naloxone to overdose victims.
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The Surgeon General Urges More Americans to Carry Naloxone
Advocacy groups have long pushed for making more naloxone available to the public as a way to prevent overdoses. The surgeon general's advisory gives that effort a big boost.
There’s a Drug That Can Prevent Nearly Every Opioid Overdose Death. How Easy Is It to Get in Your State?
Pacific Standard looks at naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws nationwide.
American Emergency Rooms Are Facing Critical Drug Shortages
The shortfalls reveal deep problems in the market forces that control drug supply and demand.
The Gap Between Overdose Deaths and Narcan Use in Rural America
More rural EMTs need to be able to give out the overdose-reversing medicine when they go out on calls.
Never Before Has Our Approach to Drugs Improved So Much, So Fast
We're winning: More progress has been made toward enlightened drug policies and treatment in the past five years than in the previous 25. Here's an advocacy agenda to take us even closer to the future we need.