Monroe County sheriff explains reasoning behind naloxone policy change

Swain spoke about his decisions leading up to his request that his deputies reserve their remaining nasal naloxone kits for their own emergency use, citing he had reached out to multiple agencies about his department's low supply. According to Swain, the Indiana Recovery Alliance mentioned they could provide dosages, but it was the intramuscular form of the drug, which, according to Swain, was "not practical" for deputy distribution. 

Swain also said he reached out to the Bloomington Police Department for their source of the drug, but was told by an administrator that they could not assist and "could use some" of their own naloxone supply.

The sheriff admitted that miscommunication of the availability of the overdose reversal drug led to his policy change, and had he known the "thousands" of kits available, he would have changed course.