The Indiana attorney general is putting a "surge" of heroin and opioid antidote into communities to combat a rising number of overdose deaths.

The Lifeline law provides drunk minors with immunity from underage drinking charges if they seek medical or police help for any reason. Indianapolis Republican Sen. Jim Merritt wants to expand it further, this time providing immunity from drug charges for people under 21.

Indiana State Excise Police officers have begun delivering informational flyers to alcoholic beverage outlets on how members of the public can obtain prescriptions for a drug that can reverse overdoses of opioid drugs such as heroin.

State health officials, law enforcement and legislators all praise what's sometimes referred to as the miraculous effects of the overdose prevention drug called naloxone. But, many pharmacies aren't stocking the drug.

Indiana is using at least $100,000 from a recent pharmaceutical settlement to equip emergency responders with an opioid antidote that can reverse heroin overdoses.

The Indiana Department of Health has created an online registry of places that dispense naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose.

More than two weeks after the first meeting of the Gov. Mike Pence's drug abuse task force, the governor is ordering state agencies to begin implementing some of the group's initial recommendations.