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Dorothy Waterhouse, program director for the syringe exchange program at the Clark County Health Department, opens a cabinet containing supplies used for the program Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Jeffersonville, Ind. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy)

Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump’s order

By Laura Ungar - Associated Press

A participant in the syringe exchange program stands in an exam room at the Clark County Health Department Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Jeffersonville, Ind. (AP Photo/Obed Lamy)

Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump’s order

By Laura Ungar - Associated Press

Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby) **FILE**

U.S. overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

By Mike Stobbe and Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

FILE – California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an event in San Francisco on Nov. 9, 2023. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Newsom announced California is partnering with New Jersey-based Amneal Pharmaceuticals to purchase a generic version of Narcan. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Deadly Fentanyl Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s got the cure for opioid overdoses

By Robert Knight

A package of Narcan is pictured at a first aid station at King County Elections headquarters, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Renton, Wash. The office began stocking the overdose-reversal nasal spray after receiving a letter laced with fentanyl in the summer and was evacuated the day after Election Day after receiving a similar envelope. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Officials stock up on overdose antidote naloxone after fentanyl-laced letters disrupt vote counting

Associated Press

Attendees practice administering Narcan during an overdose education and Narcan training class at the Onala Recovery Center on Dec. 13, 2021, in Pittsburgh. San Francisco is amid a drug overdose epidemic and could become the first in the country to require every pharmacy within its boundaries to always carry naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids. San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey will introduce a bill Tuesday, June 27, 2023, that if approved, would require every pharmacy in the city to always have in stock at least two nasal sprays containing the drug or face fines. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) **FILE**

HHS officials give live demo of how to use overdose-reversing Narcan

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on recovery efforts for the Maui wildfires and the response to Hurricane Idalia, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden leans into overdose fight as 2024 rivals focus on scourge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration Anne Milgram testifies during a House Judiciary Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee hearing on oversight of the DEA, Thursday, July 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

DEA chief: Fentanyl remains the top threat, but a worse synthetic drug could emerge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. San Francisco is amid a drug overdose epidemic and could become the first in the country to require every pharmacy within its boundaries to always carry naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids. San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey will introduce a bill Tuesday, June 27, 2023, that if approved, would require every pharmacy in the city to always have in stock at least two nasal sprays containing the drug or face fines. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

San Francisco wants Narcan available at every pharmacy

By Olga R. Rodriguez - Associated Press

The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during training for employees of the Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), Dec. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved selling the overdose antidote naloxone over-the-counter, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, marking the first time an opioid treatment drug will be available without a prescription. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan; here’s what it means

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press

Attendees practice administering Narcan during an overdose education and Narcan training class at the Onala Recovery Center on the South Shore of Pittsburgh on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

FDA panel weighs moving opioid antidote over the counter

By Matthew Perrone - Associated Press

A sign advertising addiction treatment is posted to a utility pole in Huntington, W.Va., Friday, March 19, 2021. The influx of prescription opioids into West Virginia communities was the main driver of the state's drug crisis, more than poverty, job loss and other economic stressors, an epidemiologist testified Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at the ongoing trial against three major pharmaceutical companies. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File).

Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

By Geoff Mulvihill and Sharon Johnson - Associated Press

A homeless addict holds pieces of fentanyl in Los Angeles, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) ** FILE **

WH under pressure to deal with fentanyl, overdose crisis as GOP takes over House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This July 3, 2018, file photo from New York shows a Narcan nasal device that delivers naloxone. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Over-the-counter naloxone could be coming to pharmacies, FDA says as it mulls change

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times