INDIANAPOLIS The number of emergency calls for opioid response is declining in one part of the south side of Indianapolis.

According to Decatur Township Fire, the Mars Hill area is seeing a major decrease in overdosesa positive trend for this southwest side neighborhood.

"It used to be close to one a day of an overdose. We would have surges and fall-offs, but it was pretty steady," said Division Chief of EMS Glen Osborn.

Now, first responders might get one call a week.

"Sometimes less, honestly, sometimes we'll go a couple of weeks. This ambulance here in Mars Hill always went through Narcan very quickly and now there are times that we're like, we haven't used this in a while, which is a good thing," he said.

Data shows calls have steadily decreased since 2020, especially on Mars Hill

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