Montgomery County Superintendent Monifa McKnight has signed off on a new regulation that allows students to carry “personally obtained” naloxone on school property.
The move comes after a rise in the number of overdoses in the county. The regulation was signed about two weeks ago, on May 1.
Benjamin Kaufman, with the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said, “We’re responding to about 60 opiate overdoses a month, that’s across all ages and all locations, not specific to schools.”
