Santa Clara University unveiled a Narcan vending machine on campus as part of National Fentanyl Awareness Day
SANTA CLARA -- Santa Clara University unveiled a Narcan vending machine on campus Tuesday as part of National Fentanyl Awareness Day to provide students and other community members free access to the nasal spray which can be a live-saving medication for someone experiencing an overdose.
His son continued a family tradition of attending Santa Clara University. Ternan says his son was not facing any substance abuse issues at the time but decided to get a prescription pill online during his senior year while at his fraternity house near the school's campus. He says part of their message is appreciating that there is an antidote for fentanyl, which can save lives. They believe the nasal spray naloxone, which is commonly available as Narcan, has to be accessible to more people and they need to know how to use it. The university partnered with Santa Clara County Public Health to become one of the first in the state to have a free vending machine on its campus.
Chang is part of the county's Opioid Overdose Prevention Project who helped bring the vending machine program to SCU's campus, credited by Ternan as a key leader in the effort to prevent deaths among students.
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