Story highlights Narcan is an opiate reversal agent that can save the life of someone acutely overdosing

A Pennsylvania judge orders two drug dealers to pay local EMS agencies to cover Narcan's cost

(CNN) Drug dealers have to pay for heroin overdoses on their turf, says a Pennsylvania judge.

Allegheny County Judge Anthony Mariani has sentenced two convicted Pittsburgh drug dealers with probation conditions requiring them to pay directly to local EMS agencies $50 per brick of heroin found in their possession. This money will pay for the Narcan doses administered to overdose victims.

Narcan, also commonly known as Naxolone, is an opiate reversal agent that can save the life of someone acutely overdosing, reversing the effects of any opioid-based drug.

The rising prominence of heroin overdoses in western Pennsylvania prompted Mariani's innovation, he said.

Allegheny County was ranked 12th in Pennsylvania for drug-related deaths in 2015, 70% of which were heroin-related, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Middle-aged, white males made up the majority of those deaths. Allegheny county saw a 37% increase from 2014.

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