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High schools stock up on Narcan to combat teen opioid crisis in US

January 30, 2018

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Joseph Occhino, principal of Northern Highlands Regional High School in Allendale, New Jersey, has seen lots of changes during his 34 years as an educator. But last year he witnessed something he says he never could have imagined. His school, which draws students from four affluent towns in northwest Bergen County, was approved to administer the lifesaving drug Narcan (the commercial name for naloxone hydrochloride) to any student who overdoses on an opioid on school grounds.

Three faculty members — the school nurse, athletic trainer and the supervisor of health and wellness — were trained offsite earlier last year and are now authorized to administer the drug, which, when given as a nasal spray, can quickly revive someone who is not breathing.

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