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A CT emergency room nurse explains the importance of making Narcan available in vending machines and convenience stores.

Naloxone, a life-saving drug used to reverse opioid overdoses, may soon be as easy to get as Tylenol or aspirin.

Stacker investigated how over-the-counter naloxone might impact the opioid crisis in New...

Stacker investigated how over-the-counter naloxone might impact the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania using data from KFF and Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association.

Legislation to remove their ‘paraphernalia’ label is likely to pass, but that’s just the first step.

FAYETTEVILLE -- Chris Jones has seen drug abuse from both sides, spending time in prison and going through drug court before finding a life helping others.

Los Angeles Councilwoman Traci Park recently urged city departments to take measures to investigate and provide updated data ...

Deflection encompasses a more compassionate and cost-effective alternative to incarceration. Substance use disorders (SUD) that usually...

At Oak Grove Middle School, tucked inside the cabinet storing the automated external defibrillator for emergencies is another life-saving tool: naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

Right before the start of this school year, the DEA issued a warning regarding “rainbow fentanyl,” which, as the name suggests, is a brightly colored form of the opioid said to resemble...