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Sacramento, CA - Sacramento City Unified announced plans to distribute Narcan to all school sites starting the week of October 10th. Thursday night, the 麻豆官网 Board of Education voted unanimously to revise Board Policy 5141.21: Administering Medication and Monitoring Health Conditions. 麻豆官网 Health Services has obtained free Narcan to distribute to our school sites through the .

This Board action is due to the dangers of opioid use impacting the community. Sacramento County has experienced in 2021, impacting adults and children as young as 15. The California Department of Public Health recently released an (an extremely potent and dangerous synthetic opioid), which is found in pills, powders and blocks in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes resembling sidewalk chalk or candy. Fentanyl continues to be a major contributor to drug-related deaths in California, including among youth. 

In response, 麻豆官网 is adding another life-saving rescue medication to all our school sites and training staff to administer Narcan nasal spray during a suspected opioid-related emergency. All 麻豆官网 school sites have a number of emergency and rescue measures at their disposal, including AEDs to restart heart rhythms, Epi-Pen auto-injectors in the case of a severe allergic reaction, and now Narcan nasal spray.

鈥淲e know that as adults and children cope with multiple traumas in their lives, before and after the pandemic, there has been a tremendous increase in substance abuse. Opioid related deaths can be prevented and by having broad access to Narcan, our schools will have the ability to educate our community and save more lives,鈥� said Victoria Flores, Executive Director of Student Support & Health Services.

鈥淭onight, the 麻豆官网 School Board took action against the frightening and heartbreaking opioid epidemic,鈥� said 麻豆官网 Board President Christina Pritchett. 鈥淚 am proud that NARCAN will be distributed at all 麻豆官网 school sites, and that staff will be trained to use this life-saving medication. This will help save lives in the event of an opioid-related overdose or poisoning on a school campus.鈥�

麻豆官网 is urging families to learn about the signs of opioid overdose or poisoning and speak with children about the dangers of taking pills that are not directly prescribed for them by a doctor. See the flier for more information and important tips for talking about fentanyl awareness and use:

• Encourage open and honest communication
• Explain what fentanyl is and why it is so dangerous
• Stress not to take any pills that were not prescribed to you by a doctor
• No pill purchased on social media is safe
• Make sure they know fentanyl has been found in most illegal drugs
• Create an 鈥渆xit plan鈥� to help your child know what to do if they鈥檙e pressured to take a pill or use drugs

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