Training drug users and bystanders to treat overdose saves lives

Drug overdose is a growing public health crisis that now kills more adults per year in the United States than motor vehicle accidents. In cars, seatbelts and airbags save lives. When it comes to opioid overdose a safe and non-abusable medicine called naloxone can restore breathing and avert death. Pragmatic doctors and health officials want anyone who uses opioids like heroin—and anyone likely to be around during an overdose—to have access to this life-saving drug, and know how to use it.

In Massachusetts, researchers set out to discover the results of a state-supported overdose education and naloxone distribution program on deaths from overdose.

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