For the second time in two months, a Macomb County sheriff's deputy has saved someone in Mt. Clemens from a heroin overdose thanks to an opioid overdose kit deputies in the county — and other law enforcement in metro Detroit — now are carrying.

Related: Police use life-saving spray to counter heroin overdoses

The Macomb County Sheriff's Office started using naloxone or Narcan in a nasal spray format in May. The Oakland County Sheriff's Office also uses it and other law enforcement agencies in metro Detroit are considering carrying the life-saving doses to combat the growing statewide and national problem of heroin and opioid overdoses and deaths.

Macomb County's second save occurred about 11 p.m. Monday when deputies were sent to Ahrens Street for a report of a drug overdose. They found a 53-year-old man unresponsive and administered the kit. The man regained consciousness within a few minutes, the sheriff's office said today.

In May, it saved a 37-year-old's life during a call at a home in Mt. Clemens. At that time, the sheriff's office had responded to 16 drug overdose deaths so far this year.

The sheriff's office was the first law enforcement agency in Macomb County to equip its officers with the kits. Other law enforcement agencies in the county are to receive them, authorities said during a press conference in May.

Michigan is one of the more than two dozen states that have naloxone access laws, according to the Public Health Law Research Council.

The Oakland County Sheriff's Office implemented its program in mid-February/early March and by the end of May had saved five people from overdoses, authorities there said.

For More on this article by Christina Hall see: http://www.freep.com/story/new...heroin-kit/29874547/