A Simon Fraser University student is among a number of advocates who deliver overdose education in B.C. schools but want such information made a mandatory part of the curriculum.
It was only when paramedics administered naloxone that some realized she’d overdosed on an opioid, said Chloe Goodison, who was sitting beside her.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
“In my head, I was thinking, ‘There’s no way. She’s someone who’s around 16 and looks like she’s from an average Coquitlam school and household,”‘ Goodison said of the experience on her way home in August 2017. She is hoping to expand the presentations to Burnaby this fall but wants students across B.C. to have access to similar information.
“I would like the Ministry of Education to mandate secondary schools to have speakers or education on drug use and experimentation. There’s a lot of different reasons for kids to take drugs,” said McBain, who has also recently spoken with students at a middle school in her community on the Gulf Islands.
“This September, our ministry will share with school districts information that includes a risk assessment tool that supports schools and districts in determining whether to stock naloxone, how to order naloxone kits and where to access training on administering naloxone,” it said in a written statement.
Jennifer Charlesworth, the province’s independent representative for children and youth, said young people are “hungry” to learn about issues related to drug use because so many of them know someone who died from the “formidable foe” of a profit-driven and easy-to-access unregulated drug supply.
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