Letter: Medicine to cure overdoses may enable addiction

Every day people die after overdosing on opioids, either it being opioid abuse or a prescription overdose. According to Luke Ramseth’s news article, “Utah pharmacies gave out thousands of opioid-combating naloxone doses without prescriptions last year. Health officials say it’s saving lives.”A Utah order has allowed pharmacies to dispense the overdose treatment drug naloxone without needing a prescription. Having Narcan available without needing a prescription does save l