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Lawmakers weigh option of co-prescribing naloxone with opiates

Lawmakers weigh option of co-prescribing naloxone with opiates

SALT LAKE CITY — Further protections against opioid addiction may come in the form of guidelines for co-prescribing opiate antagonists. Naloxone is one drug often used as a life-saving option for reversing the effects of an opiate overdose. While available over the...

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New Mexico to Require Officers to Carry Overdose Antidote

New Mexico to Require Officers to Carry Overdose Antidote

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico on Thursday became the first U.S. state to require all local and state law enforcement agencies to provide officers with antidote kits as the state works to curb deaths from opioid and heroin overdoses. Surrounded by advocates and...

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Americans consume vast majority of the world’s opioids

Americans consume vast majority of the world’s opioids

Americans are in more pain than any other population around the world. At least, that's the conclusion that can be drawn from one startling number from recent years: Approximately 80 percent of the global opioid supply is consumed in the United States. Pain drugs are...

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