Fentanyl’s deadly consequences prompt Texas schools to step up drug awareness

A suburban school district southwest of Austin shared a video in classrooms that depicts a student performing CPR on his friend for 15 minutes after he suffered from a suspected fentanyl poisoning.

It’s part of an aggressive awareness campaign launched after four students in the Hays school district died from fentanyl poisoning or suspected poisoning. Other videos feature the parents and friends of students who died.

Administrators in the 20,000-student district that includes San Marcos openly address the deaths with community members and push out information to families.

Read more from The Dallas Morning News.

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