NIDA is advancing the science on emergency medications like naloxone, which can save a life during an opioid overdose. Overdose reversal medications are safe and effective life-saving tools that can be given to someone experiencing a drug overdose. As a harm reduction tool, overdose reversal medications play a critical role in a science-based approach to the drug overdose crisis.
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