WA State to Offer Naloxone Overdose Drugs to All High Schools
WA law already requires all high schools with 2,000 or more students to have at least one overdose kit on hand.
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A Sad And Deadly Year In Yakima As Drug Overdoses Killed Many
All total, Jim Curtice says the county saw 94 overdose deaths last year nearly tying with 2021 when a record 95 overdose deaths were reported in the valley.
Narcan Now Stocked Inside Cells At Chelan County Jail
Jail director Chris Sharp says the decision was made to give inmates fingertip access to Narcan after a near death experience.
Congressional Push to Address Fentanyl Crisis in Schools
Funding from the legislation would go towards training school resource officers, security personnel, and school nurses to administer a drug called Naloxone
Chelan County Overdose Death Tapering Off, Still High
Numbers compiled by county coroner Wayne Harris show the high mark of 31 overdose deaths last year has fallen off by about a third so far in 2023.
WA State Drug Program Encourages Teens to Carry Overdose Meds
The new WA state Friends for Life Program encourages teens to carry overdose medications such has Naloxone.