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    To save lives and give individuals a chance to get into treatment, DOH is focused on increasing access to naloxone, a life-saving medication that can reverse the fatal effects of opioid overdose. 

    Pennsylvania has a standing order prescription that allowed first responders, like municipal police and fire departments, access to the medication. Since then, law enforcement has saved at least 6,000 lives with naloxone.