News Reporter

David Sjostedt

A look at the data shows these efforts were most active last summer.

The approval puts the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This year’s reporting was a study in the city’s contradictions.

Some drug users who have been revived say rather than making them think twice about using, Narcan makes their cravings more intense.

The city oscillated between harm reduction and criminal punishment in its approach—and at times, the approaches conflicted. 