As the number of drug overdose incidents continue to plague Ohio the use of the lifesaving antidote naloxone is becoming more prevalent as it is the go to treatment for an overdose victim. The goal of the antidote is to reduce the number of overdose fatalities, but naloxone alone is not going to end this epidemic. There needs to be a treatment plan in place for first time overdose victims in order to cure the disease of addiction that drug addicts are suffering from. With help from the drug abuser, family members, friends, community, health care facilities, law enforcement, and insurance providers, treatment for first time overdose victims will be implemented and the disease of drug addiction will stopped in its
