Doctor wants overdose antidote in every medicine cabinet
Sunday Mar 6th, 2016
Physician Leana Wen has trained heroin addicts, first responders and drug court officials in how to administer the antidote for an opioid overdose. So why not a group of wealthy white women gathered at a stately clubhouse in Baltimore’s toniest neighborhood?
Wen is Baltimore City’s health commissioner, and she has emerged as one of the most aggressive and innovative public health officials in the nationwide fight against opioid addiction. Naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is a centerpiece of Wen’s crusade — something she says “should be part of everyone’s medicine cabinet.”
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