Santa Clara County has started to ramp up its public education campaign to combat opioid use and abuse and curb fatal overdoses.

Santa Clara County is trying to equip the public with a lifesaving antidote that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.

Santa Clara County filed a joint lawsuit with Orange County against the world’s five largest drug manufacturers, accusing the companies of waging a “campaign of deception” directly responsible for a national prescription drug epidemic.