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Rolly: Utah's red tape keeps lifesaving drug on shelves

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A Drug that blocks the effects of opiates and reverses an overdose — and which has already saved more than 100 lives in Utah since July 2015 — is becoming more available. But bureaucratic delays have slowed its distribution. Utah loses hundreds of lives each year to overdoses and has among the most OD deaths per capita in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet the state has not been as quick to address legal issues blocking the use of naloxone, says Jennifer...



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