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Doctors, students and harm‑reduction groups urge statewide requirement to keep naloxone in schools
Summary
Multiple physicians, student advocates and harm‑reduction organizations testified in favor of S.1422, which would require schools to establish naloxone programs, stock nasal naloxone in nurse’s offices and offer student training on overdose recognition and response.
Public‑health and clinical witnesses told the Joint Committee that Senate Bill S.1422—requiring school districts to stock naloxone, provide nurse‑office access and offer student training—would extend a proven, life‑saving intervention into education settings.
Dr. Sarah Bagley, an addiction medicine physician at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Jesse Callahan, a pediatrician and adolescent…
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