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The opioid crisis is no longer breaking news – it’s a well-known reality. And with it, naloxone (trade name: Narcan) has become a part of the public lexicon as a life-saving medication that can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. Public health messaging has increasingly urged laypeople (not just clinicians or first responders) to carry naloxone or keep it at home. But is this message actually getting through?
A recent study by Gage et al. sheds light on that question, offering a data-driven look at whether this advice is translating into…