The Controversy Behind Naloxone and How One Utah Group Promotes Its Usage to Save Lives

Utah ranks fourth in the nation in deaths related to opioid overdoses. That equates to more than 10 Utahns dying each week from an overdose – and that rate is rising. Naloxone is a legal drug that temporarily reverses the life-threatening effects of an opioid-based overdose. Yet, many patients and their families don’t seek the drug due to the surrounding controversy. Dr. Jennifer Plumb and her brother Sam Plumb have experienced the tragedy of opioid overdose firsthand and are founders of Utah Naloxone. These two advocates discuss this drug and its positive potential in the community to treat Utah’s ‘silent epidemic.’