Minnesota lawmakers push to stock naloxone in schools to fight opioid overdoses

School buildings across Minnesota might soon have to stock medication to reverse an opioid overdose as the state grapples with a spike in deaths, including among children, tied to the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

A proposal tucked into state House and Senate budget bills would require schools to have two doses of naloxone, the generic version of Narcan, which can stop overdoses in people with opioids in their system. The medication is safe to use on people who aren't overdosing.

"It doesn't look like much," said U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, holding up a two-inch plastic nasal spray version of the drug at a state Capitol news conference on Thursday. "It's $25 per dose; a two-pack is $50."

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-lawmakers-push-at-state-federal-levels-to-stock-naloxone-in-schools-dean-phillips/600272414/