Students will be trained to administer the nasal naloxone spray. (Chris Ensing/CBC - image credit)A new program teaching students about opioids and how to administer nasal naloxone spray will soon be coming to high schools across B.C. has seen a surge in drug overdose deaths in recent years, which accelerated further throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been more than 9,400 suspected toxic illicit drug overdose deaths since 2016, with 2,224 in 2021 alone. "We have also been providing free naloxone training as well as free naloxone kits," Singh said on the CBC's The Early Edition.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2022 19:17 UTC