Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday morning a Department of Health agreement with the Main Line maker of a emergency nasal-spray treatment for opioid overdoses.
More than a dozen local high schools are among the 128 throughout the state that will now have two doses of Narcan on campus.
The medication, which is being supplied by Adapt Pharma, can reverse an overdose from heroin or prescription pain pills by blocking the effects of opioids on the brain. Earlier this year, the Irish pharmaceutical company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Radnor, said it would donate a carton – or two doses – of Narcan to every high school in the U.S. through the Dept. of Education.
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