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(HealthDay News) — The White House on Wednesday launched a nationwide call for more training and better access to the lifesaving opioid overdose drug naloxone.

Called the Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose, the initiative urges organizations and businesses to commit to train employees on how to use opioid overdose medications, to keep naloxone in emergency kits and to distribute the drug to employees and customers so they might save a life at home, work or in their communities.

“Today, we’re calling on organizations and businesses — big and small, public and private — across the country to help ensure all communities are ready to use this lifesaving tool to reduce opioid deaths,” the White House said in a fact...

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