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Experts Recommend More Families Be Trained to Use Heroin Overdose Medication

Naloxone—known as the antidote to heroin overdose—is readily available at no cost to New Yorkers who want to be trained in its use. 
 
Dr. Jeanne Beno, Chief Toxicologist for the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office, says to work it has to be in the hands of opioid drug users and their families.