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January 4, 2017: Big increases in cost of naloxone makes saving lives difficult. Even generic prices have risen. 2015 was a landmark year for drug overdoses. Some states were hit harder than others. Competition in the pharaceutical market was expected to lower a product's price, but that hasn't been the case for naloxone, a lifesaving drug that reverses opioid overdose.
In another statistic, U.S. deaths from heroin overdoses surpassed those from gun homicides in 2015, averaging approximately 91 deaths/day.
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