Five new opioid treatment programs are being added in the state's effort to combat the epidemic.

Medicaid spending on three important medications used to treat opioid addiction increased 136 percent nationwide between 2011 and 2016.

The rate of opioid related admissions to Indiana hospitals and emergency departments has increased dramatically over the past 10 years.

The Madison County Council last week tabled a $15,000 request from the county health department to fund the program.

An investigation by NPR and WFYI's public health news service, Side Effects Public Media, found that in statehouses across the country, and in Congress, drugmaker Alkermes is pushing its addiction treatment drug, Vivitrol, while contributing to misconceptions and stigma about other medications used to treat opioid addiction.

Jim McClelland, executive director for drug treatment, prevention, and enforcement, says it's all hands on deck in this fight.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, referred to medication-assisted treatment for addiction as "substituting one opioid for another."

The information is not meant to rank counties or serve as a comparison but rather to give counties a snapshot of their risks and trends.

Some officers are now carrying up to three doses of naloxone.

Critics argue the legislature is "backsliding" to previous, failed attempts to address the drug epidemic.