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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^I agree with most of your points except giving narcan to every student. Narcan expires. But how about it be put in a lockbox  (near the fire extinguishers or AED machines) where everyone knows where to access it? Make it easy-access?[/quote]

They can give it to every student and I would assume some students would throw it away and yes it would expire so yeah put it in the hallways and put it in the bathrooms[/quote]

The fact that multiple people think this is a good idea is proof of our country is the hellscape they’re using drugs to escape from. Depressing as hell. Let me know it works the first time a teenage CHILD freezes and doesn’t get or forgets how to use the Narcan, or it isn’t there, or they panic and do it wrong or the kid is too far gone and dies anyway. Now a teenagers gets to feel like it’s their fault a peer died. None of this is ok. This is SCHOOL, not Kensington Rd in Philadelphia, god [/quote]

Do you all realize Narcan is in all the Arlington public libraries at this point?  It's right next to the AED/defib machines.  I don't find that depressing.  It just seems smart.  I would have thought it would have been in schools already in the same fashion.

So you're saying because it might make a kid feel bad in some way down the road, it shouldn't be there at all?  Let's remove the AED machines too then.  Wouldn't want to screw it up if someone has a heart attack.[/quote]

That is not what I said. I said ADULTS in schools have narcan, as they should. It should NOT just be posted around the school for kids to access with the message that they need to administer it to their peers. [/quote]

So how this works in real life is the equipment is put in easy reach for anyone to access and training is offered to anyone who wants it and easy instructions are put on the box.  There is no message anyone needs to adminster it to anyone.  The hope is if the situation arises, someone will step up and administer it.  If you feel deeply uncomfortable your child might ever be put in this position, I think it's appropriate to tell them to never use it.[/quote]

Again, I AM A TEACHER . This is not about my child, who, by the way, knows what Narcan is and how to use it since I’ve taught her. It’s about what kind of terrible environment are we just accepting kids in a crucial stage of childhood development should just tolerate rather than talk about societal fixes for this. But sure, make the kids mini field nurses and pretend that fixes it, way better idea. This is very much like when people suggest “just give teachers guns” instead of being willing to grapple with and legislate around the myriad issues causing mass school shootings.  [/quote]

Isn't CPR a requirement to be a teacher in VA? Add narcan administration to the CPR requirement.

You are really mixing things up though when you say those of us asking for narcan in the schools say teachers could carry guns - big BIG difference. I am anti-gun.

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