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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by baremetal on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @07:14PM (#34813009)
Tangentially related but it has been my experience (I knew several people who died from opioid overdose) and also in literature[1] that overdoses frequently occur after rehab. Due to a drop in tolerance.

"The clustering of the deaths from overdose in the group of patients who had successfully completed treatment is counterintuitive and illogical—unless it derives from loss of tolerance and consequent unpredictability of resumed heroin use."

[1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC153851/

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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by hammock on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @08:18PM (#34813629)
Can confirm from my own firsthand observation. Sober people relapse, often after years of being clean, and misjudge how strong the stuff has gotten. Instant OD
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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by theRealMe on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @09:27PM (#34814200)
That study is from 2003. Fentanyl is a much more recent phenomenon.
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Re:FDA advisers recommend approval of over-the-counter naloxone by WHYLEE1991 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @08:22AM (#34818279)
opiates definitely arent though.
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