Previous grants for naloxone provided kits to law enforcement and first responders in 45 counties. Att. Gen. Greg Zoeller wants to provide the drug statewide.

Heroin isn't new in Cincinnati, but the recent surge in overdoses is being blamed on an even more potent drug called carfentanil. It's 100 times stronger than fentanyl, a more common synthetic opioid that is itself much stronger than heroin. Carfentanil is used to sedate elephants. It can be dangerous to even touch it without gloves.

Community members will be able to go to the local health department to get training on how to administer naloxone and receive a free dose.

Community Health Network is offering the public educational training and free naloxone kits as a new law allows Hoosiers to buy the drug over-the-counter.

After Justin Phillips' son Aaron died of a heroin overdose in 2013, she turned her grief to fighting the opioid epidemic. She'll be honored Friday during a White House ceremony as a "Champion of Change." Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly nominated Phillips for the award meant to honor outstanding community change work.

Departments at IUPUI and the Richmond campus already use the drug, which can revive people who overdosed on opioids.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says the state is taking a "three-legged stool approach" to confronting drug abuse and addiction in Indiana by making more treatment options available, strengthening law enforcement and increasing prevention efforts.

The General Assembly approved a bill Wednesday that aims to give more people access to the overdose intervention drug naloxone and protect them when they use it.

By mid-March, all officers will carry the opiate antidote naloxone in their squad cars and will be able to administer it when responding to a reported overdose.

Stores in Ohio and Indiana will now sell the drug over-the-counter. Walgreens has made a commitment to do the same in 35 states and the District of Columbia.