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Advocate Urges PA to Approve Life-Saving Opioid Reversal Drugs

2/6/2025

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Josephine Ferro from East Stroudsburg, PA, passionately calls on the Shapiro administration to greenlight FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents in Pennsylvania. Despite naloxone's life-saving capabilities, the surge of powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl threatens its efficacy. Urgent measures are essential to tackle the opioid crisis and safeguard countless lives hanging in the balance.

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Josephine Ferro from East Stroudsburg, PA, passionately calls on the Shapiro administration to greenlight FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents in Pennsylvania. Despite naloxone's life-saving capabilities, the surge of powerful synthetic opioids like fentanyl threatens its efficacy. Urgent measures are essential to tackle the opioid crisis and safeguard countless lives hanging in the balance.