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Board OKs adding Narcan language, debates who may be trained to administer EpiPens and other medications
Summary
The board considered policy updates on medical marijuana, opioid-antagonist (Narcan) supply and EpiPen administration, agreeing to include Narcan and weighing who (nurses, aides, transportation staff) could be trained and whether pay or mandate apply to bus drivers and aides.
District staff presented updates to health-related policies that would add guidance on medical marijuana in schools and include a section authorizing opioid-antagonist supply and administration (Narcan). The change was prompted by incidents elsewhere and by the need to equip schools to respond to opioid overdoses.
"This update is for medical marijuana," a staff presenter said, adding that a Raleigh County…
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