BY FROMA HARROP A deeply humane friend recently suggested that medics stop saving people on their third opioid overdose. The subject was naloxone, a medication that can yank users from the jaws of death. It can be given via Narcan nasal spray or injection. My friend surprised me. I thought that if a life could be so easily and cheaply salvaged [a Narcan kit costs about $40], why not do it? I do hear the […]

How Many Times Must We Save People Who Overdose?
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