UNC Media Hub: Naloxone shortage could lead to thousands of overdose deaths

Oct 6, 2026 | Press and Media

It was New Year’s Eve. Devin Lyall sat in the back bedroom of her drug dealer’s house.

Her thin fingers fumbled with the syringe. Her fingers weren’t the only frail thing about her—in the past few months she had lost about 40 pounds, leaving her practically skin and bones.

She was using Opana, a strong narcotic, melting the small, circular pills into a liquid that she could inject… read the full article.