Nearly 700 Oregon schools receive more than 14,000 naloxone doses to prevent and respond to opioid overdoses

OREGON (KTVZ) -- Oregon’s schools are better equipped to prevent and respond to opioid overdoses following a collaborative effort last year to offer free overdose reversal kits to middle and high schools, colleges and universities across the state, as well as expanded substance use prevention resources.

The collaboration between Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education resulted in 692 schools receiving free opioid overdose reversal kits, totaling more than 14,000 additional doses. 

The program marked an expansion of 'Save Lives Oregon' and was possible because of one-time funding through Oregon’s Opioid Settlement Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Board.  

Every school in Oregon is now eligible to receive the kits.

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