While an Akron school system student has never overdosed on campus, the drug is viewed by some as an emergency resource comparable to on-site defibrillators.
“We’ve not used [defibrillators] either but it’s a good precaution to have just in case,” Dan Rambler, student resources director for the school system, told Cleveland.com.
Every middle and high school in the system will be stocked with two doses at $100 per dose. The total cost to the system will be $3,600. The school system’s 18 police officers, who are trained to administer naloxone, will carry the drug.
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