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(L-R) Anthony (Tony) Givens, Alison Phinney and Nabarun Dasgupta pose with harm reduction supplies to hand out to people who use drugs in Portland, Maine, in 2002. Givens died of an overdose two years later.

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How a friend's overdose drove a leading addiction scientist to look for answers

A leading addiction expert explains how he's driven by the memory of a friend who died, and why he believes giving data on the drug supply to people on the street is more important than using it to inform national drug policy.

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Reporters uncover sexual abuse at an Indiana youth facility and the state's failure to stop it: Interview

Darian Benson

More than a dozen incidents of sexual abuse have surfaced at Pierceton Woods Academy. But the state kept sending boys there anyway, according to a new investigation by the IndyStar and ProPublica.

Boxes of Narcan, shown here, were stocked on a shelf at a Target in Southern Indiana in October. The products cost $45 and had anti-theft devices on them. Narcan can reverse an opioid overdose, and the medication recently became available for sale without a prescription.

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Narcan is sold over-the-counter now. Here’s a look at the initial rollout and what it means for access

Narcan is a nasal-spray version of the life-saving medication naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose. It recently became available over-the-counter. Heres what that means for public access.