Santa Clara County supervisors have cleared the way for local high schools to begin distributing Narcan, the medicine used to reverse opioid overdoses in emergencies.
Per request of supervisors Cindy Chavez and Otto Lee, the county Behavioral Health Services Department (BHSD) analyzed options to increase naloxone kits to high-priority populations like young people, students and unhoused residents, and specifically on ways to partner with the Santa Clara County Office of Education.
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