Law enforcement officers should be authorized to administer naloxone

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"Overdose is a major public health crisis, and recently there has been a rapid uptake in programs that train police in how to recognize and reverse these potentially deadly events," noted Beletsky, an associate professor who holds joint appointments in the School of Law and Bouvé College of Health Sciences. "When police show up to the scene of an overdose, there is a potential for them to take on a life-saving role in addition to being there to provide protection and security. More and more, they are stepping up to embrace this new tool."