A 13-year-old died from an apparent fentanyl overdose at a Connecticut school that didn't have naloxone on hand. Their death has renewed calls for schools to stock and administer the opioid overdose reversal drug.
A 13-year-old student in Hartford, Connecticut, died of an apparent fentanyl overdose on Jan. 15 after falling ill at a school that did not have naloxone on hand,After the student death, city officials promised to stock naloxone in Hartford schools, and advocacy groups said it demonstrated why the drug and overdose response training are needed in schools.
The association said it doesn’t have data on the number of schools and school districts who currently have adopted naloxone use and training in schools.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in December that drug overdoses among people between ages 15 and 24
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