Now that Ottawa's largest school board has finished installing naloxone kits in all its high schools, it's turning its attention to its elementary schools. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is evaluating when, how and which elementary schools could receive the opioid antidote kits, the board confirmed in an email to CBC News. Currently all 32 high schools and alternative schools are equipped with the kits, which includes two doses of naloxone nasal spray and a disposable breathing mask, the email stated. Liddle said having naloxone kits in schools is as necessary as having defibrillators, even if they're never used. In October, Ottawa police confirmed the first instance of carfentanil found in street drugs in the city.

Source: CBC News December 02, 2017 09:56 UTC