Health department: New naloxone kit program has saved 46 lives in 2017

SALT LAKE CITY — A naloxone pilot program authorized by the state Legislature has helped save 46 lives since the start of 2017, the Utah Department of Health reports.The program, passed by state legislators in 2016, freed up about $236,000 for the Department of Health to distribute to a variety of agencies around the state for the purposes of purchasing kits of naloxone, a drug that can be applied nasally and quickly reverse the effects of a severe opioid overdose."We're grateful for the U