Americans make up 4.4 percent of the world's population and consume 80 percent of the world's opioids. Medical professionals prescribed enough prescription painkillers in 2010 to medicate every American adult 24/7 for a whole month.

Four out of five new heroin users said they had used prescription painkillers in the past. Someone dies every 19 minutes from a drug overdose in the U.S. Any First Responder (EMT, advanced EMT, emergency medical responder, paramedic, firefighter, volunteer firefighter, or law enforcement officer) can administer an overdose prevention drug such as naloxone (Narcan) or a similar drug to a person with an overdose.

Any first responder administering naloxone is immune from civil liability when administering the drug except for an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct.