Can Over-the-Counter Narcan Put an End to Opioid Deaths?

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In the past 13 months Antonio Sanchez has watched three of his friends overdose from opioids. The first two times, Sanchez, 22, was able to revive them with Narcan, the life-saving drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdose, that his girlfriend had given him when she returned from rehab.

Then last month a third friend overdosed. Sanchez, who lives in Texas, quickly realized he had used up all his Narcan...