In battle with deadly heroin, Narcan bill would protect first-responders in life-or-death moments

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Between 2000 and 2013, the death rate from heroin overdoses nationwide nearly quadrupled. In 2014, New Hampshire saw 300 deaths attributed to drug overdoses, but the death toll could have been much worse were it not for naloxone which quickly reverses the effects of opioids, including heroin and most prescription painkillers.

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