By Patrick Martin
Alex Laliberte died of a drug overdose at age 20. His family has been working to expand access to Naloxone, a life saving drug that can reverse the deadly effects of an overdose. Illinois Congressman Bob Dold is introducing new legislation to provide federal funding for Naloxone programs across the country.
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Photo at top: Jody Daitchman (left), and Chelsea Laliberte (right) have been working to expand access to Naxolone, a drug which reverses the deadly effects of an opioid overdose. Their son and brother, Alex Laliberte died at age 20 of an overdose. (Patrick Martin/MEDILL)
