Los Angeles Schools to Provide Overdose Antidote After Recent Teen Death

A firefighter displays Narcan, a lifesaving medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, on Feb. 26, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—Responding to recent fentanyl overdoses by students, including the death of a 15-year-old girl in a Hollywood school bathroom, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced Sept. 22 the anti-overdose medication Narcan will be available at all of its campuses by mid-October.

Doses of Narcan, or naloxone, will also be provided to all LAUSD School Police officers, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said.