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Despite Rise In Antidote Access, Heroin Overdoses Still An Issue In King County

Of the 57 overdoses reported during a single week in July, 40 lives were saved because Naloxone was given during the overdose
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Naloxone has been touted as an heroin overdose reversal drug.

Marcie Sillman talks with Caleb Banta-Green, senior researcher at University of Washington’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, about naloxone, the overdose reversal drug.