Georgia launches statewide naloxone initiative for public schools

All public schools to have naloxone by spring

ATLANTA — In a nod to the spread of opioids, Georgia is installing overdose reversal kits at all 2,300 public schools in the state using money from a legal settlement with the pharmaceutical industry.

Georgia launches statewide naloxone initiative for public schools

Georgia has launched a statewide initiative to provide opioid overdose reversal kits to every public school in the state.Officials with the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities and the Georgia Department of Education, in partnership with the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust, are leading the effort to equip every K-12 public school with naloxone kits.The Georgia Overdose Response Partnership is funded by opi…