School nurses, administrators and athletic trainers would learn how to use the life-saving drug that can temporarily reverse the side effects of an overdose.
Dallas school leaders say they want to be “as proactive as possible” in responding to the fentanyl crisis afterDallas ISD schools could soon stock naloxone, commonly available as a nasal spray known as Narcan, and empower staff to administer it. Nurses, administrators and athletic trainers would learn how to use the life-saving drug that can temporarily reverse the side effects of an overdose.
In recent weeks, schools across North Texas were left reeling by the news of several interconnected overdoses involving Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD students in middle and high school.related to distributing fentanyl in connection with the deaths of three CFISD students and the hospitalizations of at least six others.The drug is often laced into fake pills, putting unknowing buyers at risk when they seek Percocet, OxyContin or Xanax, for example.
Parents and community members recently gathered at W.T. White High School for a fentanyl awareness meeting conducted in Spanish. Special Agent in Charge Eduardo Chávez, who leads the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Dallas division, detailed the dangers of fentanyl and how easily it can make its way to students.
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