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48 people locked up following 2 drug bust operations in Mississippi

A pair of operations conducted across the state resulted in nearly 50 people being locked up for selling and possessing controlled substances. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the completion of two operations conducted by her office’s Fentanyl Strike Force in January and February, which resulted in 48 arrests related. ....

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States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people

Posing as shoppers, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi called nearly 600 pharmacies across the state and asked a simple, yes-or-no question: “Do you have naloxone that I can pick up today?” Mississippi enacted a law authorizing pharmacists to sell the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone — often sold under the brand name Narcan — in 2017. The drug, which can be administered via nasal spray or injection, can prevent death from overdose by blocking the effect of opioids in the body. The results of the survey, conducted last year, were disheartening: Despite the Mississippi law, 41% of the pharmacies the researchers called refused to dispense naloxone. Only 37% had naloxone available for same-day pickup. ....

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States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people

More states and municipalities have launched programs to distribute hundreds of thousands of doses of naloxone for free in a myriad of ways: by mail, vending machines, community groups, telehealth, first responders and more. ....

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States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people

More states and municipalities have launched programs to distribute hundreds of thousands of doses of naloxone for free in a myriad of ways: by mail, vending machines, community groups, telehealth, first responders and more. ....

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States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people

States strive to get opioid overdose drug to more people
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