Opinion: Naloxone anti-overdose drug needs to be in all California schools to avert fentanyl deaths [Opinion]
that fentanyl was responsible for 20 percent of the nearly 4,000 deaths among Californians ages 15 to 24 in 2021 made an impression on state lawmakers. Now some want the state to follow the lead of Los Angeles Unified, California’s largest school district, and have every campus — from elementary to high school —with naloxone, which is sold as Narcan, the effective anti-overdose nasal spray drug credited with saving tens of thousands of lives in the U.S.
While Gov. Gavin Newsom has not taken a stand yet on whether this should be a mandate as opposed to a recommendation, his proposed 2023-24 budget includes $3.5 million in funding to provide naloxone to middle and high schools. Given the record
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