Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced the policy change earlier this month, Emily Alpert Reyes reports for The Los Angeles Times. Narcan, Carvalho told the Times, “cannot be used to get high, is not addictive and does not have any effect on a person if there are no opioids in their body.”
Related: California Governor Newsom is pushing for all middle and high schools in the state to be required to have Narcan on campus. “This is a top priority,” Newsom said, according to Politico. “There’s not a parent out there that doesn’t understand the significance of this fentanyl crisis.” Newsom earmarked $3.5 million in his recent budget proposal for the state’s public schools to