COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — More money should be found to pay for D.A.R.E. and school resources police officers as Ohio’s heroin’s epidemic worsens, the Democratic candidate for attorney general said Tuesday as he criticized his opponent for a drop in funding in recent years.

The attorney general’s office helped fund 380 D.A.R.E. and resource officers in 2010, a figure that has fallen to 228 this year, Democrat David Pepper said.