Heroin addiction is doing immeasurable damage to our country, our communities and our families. While the losses are both mounting and devastating, there have been some victories. And in these places where battles are being won, there lies a roadmap to winning the war.

In December 2015, the National Sheriffs’ Association partnered with Purdue Pharma L.P. to make the rescue drug Naloxone, which revives a patient during an opioid overdose, more accessible to law enforcement. Purdue and the National Sheriffs’ Association fully funded the effort without federal backing.

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