Jones cited high costs and concerns about officer safety, noting that some overdose victims revived with naloxone can be unpredictable and hostile. Jones noted that just because his deputies won’t carry naloxone doesn’t mean overdose victims won’t get revived. The county is on pace to see 263 overdose deaths this year, according to a June report by The New York Times. Carlos Osorio via Getty Images Many police officers now carry naloxone overdose reversal kits like this, but not in the Butler County Sheriff's Department. “They’re not social workers, they’re not doctors, and so they’re often not best equipped to deal with the challenges of drug use,” Collins told HuffPost.

Source: Huffington Post July 08, 2017 10:52 UTC