TUCSON, Ariz. — It killed more than 50,000 Americans in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The opioid crisis remains a major public health threat in the United States and nearly 70% of drug poisonings and overdose deaths last year involved synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, which is up to 100 times more potent than morphine.
Researchers at the University of Arizona and the National Center for Wellness and Recovery in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are teaming up to develop a new rescue therapy that could prevent fatal opioid overdoses with a single dose…