This university became the first Bay Area campus to unveil a free Narcan vending machine
Students in the public health department of Santa Clara University have also started reaching out to campus organizations like fraternities and sororities to make sure they know how to get Narcan and other useful tools like fentanyl test strips. The powerful-opioid, which is 50 times more potent than heroin, is especially dangerous because it’s often laced into counterfeit painkillers and stimulants popular with young people. Users often have no idea they ingesting fentanyl.
Fraternities in particular are top-of-mind to many students who remember when, Charlie Ternan, a former SCU student, died of fentanyl poisoning while seemingly asleep in his off-campus fraternity bedroom back in 2020. Ed Ternan said he fully supports Santa Clara University’s push to set-up a Narcan vending machine on campus as part of their own Awareness Day ceremony. But he isn’t sure if Narcan alone is the solution.
Students, including Dennise Castaneda, Setareh Harsamizadeh Tehrani, and Raegan Robertson, all public health students stand at a Narcan information table at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
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