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News Articles: Naloxone

Naloxone, often sold under the brand name Narcan, is seen as a major factor in declining drug overdose deaths.  The White House says more companies are agreeing to make the medication available at work sites, in classrooms and at other locations where drug fatalities occur.

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250 companies, schools and organizations pledge to provide overdose antidote naloxone

The White House says big companies like Amazon, the NHL, and United Airlines are joining the push to prevent overdoses by making naloxone widely available.

October 08, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
A person grabbing a box of Narcan from a free dispensary

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As lawmakers work to expand access to Narcan, harm reduction services extend beyond Atlanta

A bill to allow opioid overdose reversal medication in school unanimously passed the Georgia Senate and now heads to the House.

March 01, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Sue Howland, right, and Larrecsa Cox walk past addiction-themed graffiti

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Stronger opioid overdose reversal medicines worsen patients' withdrawal symptoms

While some harm reduction advocates want to see OPVEE as commercially available as Narcan, others say the medication is so strong that it’s cruel for the patient.

December 25, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Ingela Travers-Hayward and William Perry at Burning Man in Nevada in 2022

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This couple is heading to Music Midtown to save lives with opioid overdose reversal spray

The people who need naloxone most are the least likely to have it. That includes police officers, fentanyl overdose victims, and their parents.

But it won’t include fans attending Music Midtown in Atlanta this weekend.

September 15, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Staff Photo by Andrew Wilkins / Jennifer Jenkins, the executive director of United in Recovery, holds a fentanyl test strip at LaFayette's Joe Stock Memorial Park in January. The nonprofit recovery organization offers free naloxone and fentanyl testing strips and is participating in a state program to bring help to communities impacted by opioid overdoses.

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Help sent to site of opioid overdoses in new Georgia recovery program

After a community is affected by an opioid overdose, an expanded program from Georgia’s Department of Public Health will send recovery and harm reduction advocates door-knocking in the neighborhood nearby.

April 06, 2023
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  • Andrew Wilkins
A drug overdose rescue kit is pictured in Buffalo, N.Y. The Biden administration plans to increase access to clean needles, fentanyl test strips and naloxone to combat drug overdose deaths.

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Drug overdose deaths are at a record high. Here's what the White House plans to do

Harm reduction is one of four policies the Biden administration says must be immediately implemented in order to address the record high number of overdose deaths.

April 21, 2022
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  • Martha Bebinger
Teresa Wren Johnston and Blake Schneider at Kennesaw State University's Center for Young Adult Addiction and Recovery.

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Georgia could see $636 million to fight the opioid epidemic if this bill passes

Legislation to bar future lawsuits against the companies involved in a $26 billion multi-state settlement must be passed before the state can collect $636 million dollars. The money will help pay for preventing and addressing the effects of opioid dependence.

March 08, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Louise Vincent, executive director of the North Carolina Survivors Union, holds a vial of the overdose reversal drug naloxone. "Almost everyone that comes here is alive because of naloxone," Vincent says.

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To save lives, overdose antidote should be sold over-the-counter, advocates argue

With opioid overdoses surging, harm-reduction groups are calling on the FDA to change naloxone's prescription-only status. This would make it easier to get the lifesaving drug to people at risk.

December 14, 2021
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  • Aneri Pattani

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