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Take-home Drug Overdose Treatment Approved by FDA

Apr 03, 2014 PM EDT

A hand-held auto-injector designed to reverse opioid overdose has been approved by federal regulators making it available to the family and guardians of at-risk drug abusers in the United States.

U.S. Attorney General Calls for Overdose Antidote Availability

Mar 10, 2014 PM EDT

United States Attorney General Eric Holder is calling for a national effort to expand access emergency workers and guardians have to the overdose reversal drug, naloxone.

One in Four Drug Abusers Get Pills From Their Doctor

Mar 04, 2014 PM EST

Many opioid abusers are still getting the dangerous painkillers from their doctors, heavily contributing to the pill abuse and overdose epidemic in the U.S.

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