Around 450,000 people have died from opioids since the turn of the century, and many companies are to blame for the drug's overprescription and misuse.
For first responders, the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone is more expensive than it has been in years. This past fall, a state fund discounting naloxone for first responders depleted, doubling the price of Narcan — a brand name of naloxone nasal spray — to $71 per box of two units for police and fire departments across the state.
A groundbreaking medical study conducted by Massachusetts Health Commissioner Monica Bharel found that for those who have died from an opioid overdose, the average survival time from their initial...
