It’s the drug that could save your child’s life – Narcan. Texas law requires many public schools (with students 6 through 12) to have Naloxone (or Narcan) on campus. This went into effect at the start of the 2023 school year. KPRC 2′s Zach Lashway is checking back with school districts in our area about Narcan protocols.

In 2022, the Houston office of the Drug Enforcement Administration said it seized enough fatal doses of fentanyl to kill every person in the greater Houston area. This is in addition to the 674,000 counterfeit pills seized by the office last year.

The lifesaving drug Naloxone used to reverse opioid overdoses, was handed out at Santa Fe Middle School during a Cleveland ISD town hall meeting. The meeting addressed the realities of fentanyl use.