It would be great to get Naloxone out in all the villages. It is the first aid treatment for overdoses. Anyone can get it with a prescription now, even through Medicaid.
Anyone that uses heroin or opioids or has a friend or family member that does can have it on hand in case they come across an overdose situation.
The Homer police department have treated two overdoses with these kits since they were given them a couple months ago... at least one of those is considered a save - in that the person would almost certainly have died without that first aid treatment.
We had a spate of overdoses here and in Kenai at beginning of July, the theory is that the heroin was laced with fentanyl which made it much more potent than folks were used to, hence OD.