The Covid-19 pandemic also exacerbated the drug epidemic, with overdose deaths reaching record levels in 2021.
The number of deadly poisonings among children under 5 had been decreasing since the passage of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act in 1970, when harder-to-open childproof packaging became a standard for many medicines, other studies have shown.īut illicitly used drugs like fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than morphine and can kill quickly, don’t come in childproof packaging. Narcan nasal spray maker aims for over-the-counter price of less than $50 (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images A number of branches in the Chicago Public Library system have Narcan available. The two doses of Narcan which can be given for a opioid overdose in an emergency situation.
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