L.A. County spends millions to stop overdoses. Critics say naloxone enables addicts, but city data show scores of lives saved

Los Angeles County spends millions of dollars each year on overdose prevention, providing free access to life-saving drugs that reverse the effects of opioids. While critics of the program say it enables addiction, proponents point to L.A. City Fire Department data, which show that naloxone has a high success rate of preventing deaths from overdose. …