67,325 deaths were preventable. Instead of focusing on incarcerating, over policing and arresting more, the justice system and lawmakers should refocus their efforts to harm reduction.

“It was first understood as our main defense against opioid overdose,” Nguyen said. “The issue is that for some time, the FDA had not granted the approval of over-the-counter, non-prescription use of Naloxone because I think the standards for treating opioid overdoses were still being developed.”