. >> the narcan is administered -- >> reporter: as shown in this training video, narcan reverses an overdose by blocking the opioids ability to attach to brain cells, normal breathing can resume in minutes. >> we gave narcan and... ( snaps ) >> reporter: this policeman used the nasal spray form to reverse overdoses nine times. quincy is the first police department to carry this drug on the patrol. >> the cop aspect he is engaging in illegal activity but the human aspect, like this is a life. >> reporter: in the past two and a half years, quincy police have used narcan 179 times in reverse to 170 overdoses. >> if somebody's daughter or son or father or brother or mother, that is what puts it in your head. >> reporter: when nancy's son overdosed an officer used narcan to revive him. >> people think that this is the homeless junky that lives on the street, but these are our children. we have a very serious epidemic in this country that started with prescription drugs. >> reporter: brendon's addiction began when he started sneaking painkillers prescribed for his father's back injury, that was hi

narcan. narcan reverses an overdose by blocking an opioid's ability to attach to brain cells.n resume within minutes. >> we gave him narcan and it was -- >> reporter: he has used the nasal spray to reverse overdoses eight times. quincy is the first police department to require every officer to carry the drug. the human aspect is like, this is a life. >> reporter: in the past 2 1/2 years, quincy police have used narcan 179 times and reversed 170over doses. >> they're somebody's daughter, a son, a father, a brother, a mother. that's what quincy looks at. >> when nancy hollerson's son brandon overdosed last october, the police used narcan to revive him. >> people think this is a homeless junky in the street. these are our children. we have a serious epidemic in this country that started with prescription drugs. rsh brilg . >> reporter: brendan's addiction began when he started sneaking his father's pain pills. that was the gateway. >> it's a constant worry. when the phone rings, it's, oh, my gosh, did something happen. >> reporter: patrick glen oversees quincy's program. >> it's

confession at the cost of the investigation this is what happened in the little town of camden a narcan saw in early august two thousand and six when the body of eleven year old katie was found in the small hills. she'd been suffocated using a plastic bag. after a botched investigation detectives determined the murder had to have been inside the house. in fact any katie's mother melody and twelve year old brother thomas were inside. when the police arrived the military was hysterical while thomas seemed quite calm. cool when thomas's moya believes the police became fixated with his behavior which they judged as to come and convince them that thomas had killed his sister. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so horrible and. please you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. i would rather abstractions to people in positions of power instead of speak on their behalf and that's why i confine my show larry king now ri