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Slated for abolition is the National Institute for Drug Abuse, the research group at the National Institutes of Health that helped develop the nasal version of naloxone.

At first, naloxone was only available in hospitals and ambulances because of the usual panic around “enabling druggies.”

Luckily, we do have a very effective way to prevent people from dying — naloxone and overdose prevention centers.

Several experts said an emphasis on harm reduction, including increased availability of the overdose reversal drug naloxone and fentanyl testing kits, was behind the improvement.

However, a leaked version of President Trump’s budget proposes cutting the department’s $56-million program that distributes naloxone kits and trains people on how to use them.