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Overdose antidote saves lives but doesn’t cure opioid crisis

Clip: 3/1/2017 | 7m 41s

In Baltimore, overdoses & this emergency antidote have become facts of life.

With overdose deaths from opioids on the rise across the country, Baltimore has begun training everyday citizens to use a life-saving antidote as one tool to combat the crisis, and the approach is catching on. But while many more states and municipalities have moved to make Naloxone more accessible, not everyone believes this is the right strategy. The NewsHour’s Pamela Kirkland reports.

03/01/2017 | Rating NR

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