To the editor:

With drug overdoses skyrocketing across the U.S., more states are expanding to a fast acting rescue drug called Naloxone, which can revive a dying addict in minutes.

So far, 30 states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws to widen access to Naloxone. Florida has not enacted any of these laws nor developed pilot programs to study the drug’s life-saving action.

Overdose deaths have increased more than six-fold in the past three decades, according to the Network for Public Health.

Government figures show they now claim the lives of about 120 people each day in depressing respiration until breathing stops. Naloxone reverses this process.

So what are we waiting for?

With drug overdoses skyrocketing across the U.S., each of the 50 states should enact laws and/or develop pilot programs to study the rescue drug, Naxolone, as it’s a proven way to save lives.

June Dickinson

Lehigh Acres