The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a proposal to require fentanyl awareness education in the county's classrooms as well as distribute naloxone to parents and students and train them on how to use the medication.
KPBS spoke with California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond on the matter.
On June 28, the supervisors directed the county's chief administrative officer to work with the Health and Human Services Agency to"develop recommendations and implementation plans to declare illicit fentanyl as a public health crisis," a statement from the supervisors reads. CDC data released earlier this year found overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids such as fentanyl increased from an estimated 57,834 in 2020 to 71,238 in 2021. Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine, officials said.
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