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The request is a response to the grim reality that opioid overdoses have risen rapidly among children and teenagers.

Share on email The Biden administration on Monday will send a letter urging all schools to keep an opioid overdose reversal drug on hand and train staff and students on how to use it.The request is a response to the grim reality that opioid overdoses — particularly those involving illicit fentanyl — have risen rapidly

"Our schools are on the frontlines of this epidemic, but our teachers and students can be equipped with tools to save lives," wrote Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The fact that naloxone didn't stop those overdoses from becoming fatal suggests "it might not have been administered soon enough or at a sufficient dosage, or its effectiveness was affected" by use of other drugs, the CDC said.

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