CityStream segments

Right now our nation is in the midst of an epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction. And we're not immune. In the Seattle area alone, heroin overdose deaths have gone up 58 percent in 2014 and those numbers continue to go up. Now a Seattle mother, who lost her own child to an accidental overdose, is joining forces with Seattle Police Department. Her goal - to put a simple life saving tool into the hands of those closest to the front lines of this battle. Roberta Romero has the story.