Our guest on WBAA's Wake-Up Call is Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service Director Darrell Clase.
We asked him for an update on the trends local emergency responders are seeing in terms of drug overdose calls resulting from the ongoing drug abuse problem that's permeated the nation.
For starters, he says, to-date this year, the number of calls to treat patients who've overdosed on heroin has more than doubled from last year.