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The Drug That Saves Addicts: FDA Will Discuss Making Naloxone Over-the-Counter

Maia Szalavitz, The Fix. March 31, 2012.

Naloxone is a cheap, safe drug that could save countless people from overdosing on heroin and other opiates. So why isn't it in every first-aid kit?

Fighting Stigma: UN's Anti-Drug Commission Votes to Promote Overdose Prevention

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. March 25, 2012.

Delegates to the UN Commission on Narcotics Drugs unanimously approved a resolution promoting measures to prevent drug overdose death.

4 Ways to Protect Kids From the Prescription Pill Epidemic, Minus the Fear Tactics

Maia Szalavitz, The Fix. March 12, 2012.

Abuse of meds by America's teens has reached epidemic proportions. But if we're serious about keeping kids away from Oxy and Adderall, we need to get honest with them.

New Report Shows Incredible Overdose-Reversing Medication Saved 10,000 Lives

Meghan Ralston, AlterNet. February 16, 2012.

Over the past 15 years, an estimated 10,000 opiate overdoses have been successfully reversed with naloxone by people present at the scene of an overdose.

How the Death of Whitney Houston, and Countless Others, Could Have Been Prevented

Meghan Ralston, AlterNet. February 14, 2012.

Drug poisoning is now the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States, but the government is ignoring crucial ways to change that tragic fact.

Michael Jackson Probably O.D.'d -- Just Like Thousands of Americans Who Fall Victim to Our Overdose Epidemic

Jill Harris, AlterNet. June 29, 2009.

We must learn how to reduce the harms associated with our drug use, including reducing easily preventable deaths from overdose.

Amid Overdose Epidemic, Public Health Advocates Urge FDA to Make Opioid Overdose-Reversing Drug More Available

Meghan Ralston, December 31, 1969.


A Shocking Call For Reform: Surpassing Car Crashes, Drugs Are Now #1 Cause of Accidental Death

Kristen Gwynne, December 31, 1969.


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