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Putting Naloxone On The Shelves

Mark Oniffrey
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Naloxone can save a person from a potentially fatal opioid overdose. That's why local health care professionals are sponsoring to make a cheaper version of it available over-the-counter.

Even opioid-manfucaturing giant has donated $3 million to a nonprofit company that plans to make an over-the-counter version of naloxone, albeit to repair its own image after fueling the opioid crisis.

We hear from Sara Smith of , who works as the Controlled Substance and Substance Abuse Case Manager, and clinical pharmacist Mark Kantor of .

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