Narcan set to be the first over-the-counter opioid treatment drug

Plus, US and Russia stop sharing nuclear data with each other.

The FDA approves Narcan as an over-the-counter drug; Russia and the US stop sharing nuclear data.    Tonight's Sentences was written by Natasha Ishak. TOP NEWS FDA approves Narcan, the overdose reversal medication, for over-the-counter use Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images Narcan, the medication used to reverse instances of opioid overdose, is now approved for over-the-counter use, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. It will be the first opioid treatment drug accessible to consumers without a doctor's prescription or pharmacist's approval. [Associated Press / Geoff Mulvihill] The decision is meant to ease public access to the lifesaving drug — generically known as naloxone — allowing it to be sold in places like convenience stores and gas stations. [NBC News / Berkeley Lovelace Jr.] The announcement comes a month after the agency's advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend that Narcan be sold without a prescription. [STAT News / Lev Facher] According to Narcan's manufacturer, consumers can expect the drug to hit stores by late summer, but the company has yet to reveal any pricing. [CNN / Nadia Kounang, Jen Christensen, and Deidre McPhillips] Opioid overdose is a leading cause of accidental deaths for US adults. There were 101,751 reported fatal overdoses in the year ending in October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest data shows. [NPR / Joe Hernandez] 📍 If you read just one story Vox's Sigal Samuel digs into the reasons why a group of AI tech leaders — including Musk and Wozniak — might be right in calling for a nationwide pause on AI advancement. [Vox / Sigal Samuel] Russia and US stop sharing nuclear arms data amid heightened tensions Tuesday, US officials revealed that the US and Russia have stopped sharing biannual nuclear weapons data with each other, a requirement under the last arms control pact between the two nations. [Associated Press / Matthew Lee]  Russia has not formally pulled out of the treaty, but its suspension on nuclear data sharing with the US in February has led to the US now responding in kind, White House officials said. [Politico / Paul McLeary] The 2010 agreement to share information on nuclear arms between the countries, known as the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, established a cap on deployed nuclear warheads and yearly compliance inspections for both sides. [Al Jazeera] UN head Antonio Guterres asked both countries to return to the agreement last month as "a world without nuclear arms control is a far more dangerous and unstable one." [ABC News] The breakdown of the US-Russia treaty adds to global tensions over President Vladimir Putin's move this week to place Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus; it is the first time nuclear weapons will be stationed beyond its borders since the Soviet Union's collapse. [South China Morning Post / Cyril Ip] Support our journalism   Reader contributions help keep Vox and newsletters like Sentences free for all. Support our work with a one-time gift today. Yes, I'll make a gift MISCELLANEOUS A Republican from Alabama drew backlash in the Senate after blocking 160 military promotions over the Pentagon's abortion policy. [AL.com / Howard Koplowitz] King Charles visited Germany on his first trip as the UK's new monarch. [BBC] The US will auction off a part of the Gulf of Mexico the size of Italy for oil drilling. [Guardian / Oliver Milman] A group of seniors took Switzerland to European court over its climate inaction. [France 24] VERBATIM "I have nothing to hide. I have written and spoken extensively about that day. At the end of the day, we'll obey the law." [Former VP Mike Pence on a federal judge's ruling that he must testify in January 6 probe / HuffPost] LISTEN TO THIS How Puffer Pope fooled us An AI-generated image of Cool Pope in immaculate drip went viral over the weekend and most everyone thought it was real. The Verge's James Vincent explains how we should navigate our new internet reality.   Listen now   ▶ Read more from Vox Migrants were left for dead in a Mexican detention center. Was it a preventable tragedy?   How to test what an AI model can — and shouldn't — do   Conservatives are using the tragedy in Nashville to push their anti-trans agenda   Refrigerators have gotten really freaking good. Thanks, Jimmy Carter.   What US weapons tell us about the Russia-Ukraine war   This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe. If you value Vox's unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring contribution.   View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service.   Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 12, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2023. All rights reserved.