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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just signed up for tomorrow's training because of PP's post above.  Thank you![/quote]

Same. I also had no idea you could request narcan as a civilian.

Is narcan being kept in the schools? If not, it absolutely should be.

I watched that video recently of the female sheriff's deputy who was accidentally exposed to fentanyl during a traffic stop and she went down like that *finger snap*. She was out - totally gone - and her fellow deputies brought her back with a dose or two of narcan. It was scary and amazing to see all at the same time.

I really had no idea fentanyl exposure - meaning exposure by touch or powder/dust in the air - was so deadly/serious. [/quote]

Yes narcan is being kept in schools. We used to have one dose at mine. They recently upped it to 15 and told us we may be receiving supplemental CPR training and narcan training because it’s becoming such an issue that the nurse could be in another room providing emergency care to a student when it happens in our room and we need to react. Our principal reminded us we can get 2 personal doses to have covered by insurance. You cannot conceive of how much pills laced with fentanyl is changing the game in schools.  [/quote]

Anyone can receive narcan for free, even teenagers, and the training is free and easy (scroll down to where to receive for free:

https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Health/Arlington-Addiction-Recovery-Initiative/Treatment-Resources/Narcan

I have a student at Wakefield who was trained and has my permission to carry Narcan at school, just in case. I was also trained and have it in my purse. We talk with our kids about this frequently and I try to have earnest conversations and work with our kids to have a strategy for how to slide out of a situation when drugs are offered or around. It *will* be offered. Do not fool yourselves into thinking it won't, or "not my kid." It is a rare kid that is never exposed to drugs in high school. Every day I say a small prayer that my kids will have the strength and courage to walk away. [/quote]

How is this a solution? Sure we need to get everyone narcan trained but clearly this is a huge problem. Why are the drugs getting in the schools in the first place?[/quote]

Are you for real? Drugs get into the country, so they get into the schools. It’s been that way since I was a teen. The difference is that you might die in minutes from an impulsive teenage choice. What’s your idea to get drugs out of schools? Pat downs at entrance? [/quote]

So the drugs are so dangerous that you can die in minutes from one pill but the only solution we can offer up is narcan? Come on… think[/quote]

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