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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Personal Overdose Device

    The FDA just announced the approval of a new device that can be used on someone overdosing on drugs. The agency says a person dies every 36 minutes from a drug overdose in the U.S. and that this new product, called Evzio, can help cut those numbers. But others are concerned that it’s the wrong way to combat the country’s growing opioid problem.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 10, 2014 • 1 min read

    The FDA just announced the approval of a new device that can be used on someone overdosing on drugs. The agency says a person dies every 36 minutes from a drug overdose in the U.S. and that this new product, called Evzio, can help cut those numbers. But others are concerned that it’s the wrong way to combat the country’s growing opioid problem.

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    6. 41:43The End of DailyCandy
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    The full episode

    1 of 6
    O.D. Treatment, Backlash to a Backlash, 25 Years of Heathers
    1. 0:00Personal Overdose DeviceYou’re reading this
    2. 7:29Intolerance Over Intolerance?
    3. 16:15Superheroes, Super Horrors and Harry Potter
    4. 25:34Popular Kids Get Bullied, Too
    5. 31:2325 Years of 'Heathers'
    6. 41:43The End of DailyCandy
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