Georgia Launches Statewide Narcan Initiative For Public Schools

The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) and the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), in partnership with the Georgia Opioid Crisis Abatement Trust (GOCAT), announced the launch of a statewide initiative to provide opioid overdose reversal kits to every public school in the state of Georgia. Beginning in fall, 2025, more than 2,300 public schools will receive overdose reversal kits. These kits will contain naloxone (Narcan), which can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and restore breathing. The kits will also include personal protective equipment (PPE) and information to request refills of the lifesaving . . .