Utah-funded Naloxone kits are reversing prescription opioid overdoses — 46 to be exact

Pilot program to promote the anti-overdose drug is one way Utah officials hope to curb the state’s rising rate of overdose deaths.<br>

(AP Photo/John Minchillo) A Naloxone nasal injector being demonstrated at a Cincinnati supermarket in 2016. Officials with the Utah Department of Health announced Thursday that a six-month pilot program to promote use of the anti-overdose drug by health and law enforcement agencies had resulted in distribution of nearly 2,000 Naloxone kits — and at least 46 cases where opioid overdoses were reversed.

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Alex StuckeyInvestigative reporter

Alex Stuckey is an investigative reporter, with a focus on higher education and health care. She was part of the team that won a 2017 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of sexual assault at Brigham Young University and Utah State University.