“Narcan is easy to use, anyone can carry it, and it saves lives,” Supervisor Janice Hahn, who introduced the motion, said in a statement. “Opioid deaths and fentanyl poisonings are on the rise, and we should make sure Narcan is at our county libraries where so many young people spend time after school. Parents are scared and want to know where they can get Narcan to keep in case of an emergency, so I want to explore making our libraries Narcan kit distribution sites.”
The motion comes on the heels of a series of overdoses involving Los Angeles Unified School District students, prompting the district to provide Narcan doses to all of its campuses. Hahn’s motion also asked the county to explore making libraries distribution sites where residents can pick up doses of the medication.
The board also approved a motion by Supervisor Hilda Solis calling on various county health and education agencies to develop an educational toolkit for students, parents, and others about the dangers of overdoses, and to reach out to school districts to make them aware of available resources for obtaining Narcan.
The motion instructs the agencies to conduct general community outreach and education efforts using “traditional and social media, as well as engaging with ethnic and local media for culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach.”
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Mark says
train librarians on how to administer it.
wow bet they never figured this in their job description