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Reach Council gives fentanyl overview, distributes Narcan at Waxahachie ISD meeting
Summary
At a Waxahachie ISD community meeting, Reach Council COO Cassie Street led a fentanyl awareness presentation, showed an instructional Narcan video, answered questions and encouraged attendees to take free Narcan nasal-spray kits provided by Reach and local partners.
Cassie Street, chief operating officer for Reach Council, presented a fentanyl awareness briefing and naloxone (Narcan) demonstration during a Waxahachie ISD community meeting. Street said Reach provided each attendee with a box of Narcan and walked through how to recognize opioid overdose and how to administer the nasal spray.
Street told the group that fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid and described how counterfeit pills can be deadly. She said fentanyl is “a 100 times stronger than morphine” and “50 times stronger than heroin,” and explained why doses vary between pills from the same batch, calling the variation the “chocolate chipping effect.” The presentation included an instructional…
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