At least four Camden County school district are participating in the program for bus drivers, with 104 drivers already trained to administer naloxone.
After equipping its schools with Narcan kits nearly a year ago, Camden County is now giving the life-saving treatment to school bus drivers to use in case of a student’s suspected fentanyl overdose.
believed to be the only county in New Jersey doing that. The bright red, metal Narcan kits were strategically placed in locations where they can be reached quickly in case of an emergency. A cheap synthetic opioid, fentanyl is 50 times as lethal as heroin.
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