The death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities flood the streets with naloxone, ... The average purity in fentanyl powder dropped from 19.5% in 2023 to 15.2% in 2024.

The US death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities hand out overdose-reversal drug naloxone. ... The average purity in fentanyl powder dropped from 19.5% in 2023 to 15.2% in 2024.

Making naloxone widely available is one of the ways Rhode Island has attacked the epidemic. Last year, 69,786 naloxone kits were distributed in Rhode Island, up from 52,135 in 2022 and just 1,500 ...

Naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote, is a powerful tool in the overdose crisis, allowing friends, loved ones and even bystanders a way to put a fatal overdose in reverse and bring back breathing.

Naloxone, in fact, is a simpler fix to fentanyl deaths than upending the global economy or a military strikes against Mexican cartels. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and ...

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"Naloxone is what I call an anti-funeral drug," explains Nabarun Dasgupta, ... She instructs the students to put the powder in a cup of water and swirl. The more powder you test, the better, she says.

Naloxone can be purchased at pharmacies over the counter for about $45. It can also be purchased with insurance, as Rhode Island law requires insurers to pay for it, according to McKenzie.

Nearly 25% of fentanyl powder seized in the United States last year was mixed with xylazine, a horse and cattle tranquilizer, ... Still, doctors warn naloxone doesn't work on xylazine, ...

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Naloxone is sold in its generic form, ... Cocaine can also be contaminated by fentanyl (also a white powder) if a scale used to measure the drugs isn’t properly cleaned, she said.