Oregon Health Authority & The Oregon Department Of Education Partner To Boost Capacity To Reverse Overdoses

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) announced the success of a collaboration to better equip schools to prevent and respond to opioid overdoses through free overdose reversal kits to middle and high schools, colleges and universities across the state, as well as expanded substance use prevention resources. Since the program began, 692 schools received free opioid overdose reversal kits, totaling more than 14,000 additional doses. More than 80% of participating schools placed the kits prominently on walls in publicly accessible areas.

Each participating school received three metal boxes for easy access to naloxone . . .