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By Tanvi Narava, Piscataway High School Senior After almost losing a loved one to an overdose, I recognized the lack of awareness of how to intervene in an opioid overdose. After talking with local emergency rescue squad members in Middlesex County, who had emphasized their concern about the lack of Narcan in community members’ homes,…
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