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Bellevue schools emphasize harm reduction as district places Narcan boxes, adopts "1 Pill Can Kill" curriculum
Summary
At an Education Connections event, Bellevue School District and partners described Narcan placement in every district building, adoption of the "1 Pill Can Kill" curriculum, and a student survey showing 3% of surveyed tenth-graders reported trying fentanyl.
Bellevue School District officials and community partners outlined steps this week to reduce youth overdoses, saying the district has placed naloxone (Narcan) boxes in every school building and is adopting the "1 Pill Can Kill" curriculum while promoting harm-reduction tools and parent guidance.
Carla Rimmer, Bellevue School District health services coordinator, told attendees the district installed Narcan boxes "in every 1 of our school buildings last school year" with help from a grant by the Bellevue Schools Foundation and that staff regularly check boxes to ensure they are stocked. Rimmer described fentanyl as a potent synthetic opioid and warned, "It only takes a little bit of fentanyl to be deadly." She also reviewed local safe-disposal options, including King…
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