Lawmakers Poised to Expand Access to Heroin Reversal Drug
Lawmakers Poised To Expand Access To Heroin Reversal Drug
The head of Connecticut's Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services on Wednesday urged legislators to expand access to a heroin reversal drug, two days after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called attention to a rise in opioid overdose deaths and said first responders should carry naloxone, or Narcan, the antidote used to counter the effects of an overdose.
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Heroin-Related Deaths Up Sharply In Connecticut
Increase Mirrors National Trend; Attorney General Vows To Fight 'Urgent Public Health Crisis' SOURCE: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Data are preliminary; further investigation could identify other causes of death in some cases. Accidental heroin deaths in Connecticut last year were up 48 percent from 2012, mirroring a trend across New England and the nation that the U.S. Attorney General …
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