Drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed in North America over the past 20 years
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A pacemaker-like device that would be implanted under the skin and automatically release an antidote if it detected an opioid overdose could save lives, its designers claim.
The implant has already been successfully tested in pigs: “In general, overdoses treated with this (device) have been observed to be much milder and with minimal lasting effects on overall health,” John Rogers of Northwestern University in Illinois and his colleagues wrote in the paper.
Over the past 20 years, drug overdose deaths have…
