The old saying goes that you have to fight fire with fire.
Using that logic, health officials have increased the availability of an opioid to combat the rising tide of opiate addiction.
On any given day, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 650,000 opioid prescriptions are dispensed.
Of these, 3,900 people begin using the drugs for nonmedical reasons, and 78 people die from an opioid-related overdose. That’s every day.
In western Pennsylvania, for instance, deaths caused by opioids, including heroin and prescription drugs, increased by more than a third last year, according to a new report from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
In an effort to address the opioid epidemic, the White House has requested $1.1 billion to help people get treatment near w…
