A local hospital is raising awareness about opioid overdoses and the dangers of fentanyl as fall classes begin at Saddleback College.
A local is raising awareness about opioid overdoses and the dangers of fentanyl as fall classes begin at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo.
Nurses were on campus Tuesday distributing Narcan to students. The medication that quickly reverses an overdose by blocking the effects of opioids."We see people of various ages, but especially younger adults and teenagers, so we're giving them the opportunity to have the education that they need to help with anybody they might come across that's overdosed," Tobin said.
"For people that have family members that may be have chronic pain issues and they take medications for that, they can easily overdose," Tobin said. "We see that as well. It's not just people that are abusing it."Students like freshman Ariel Villamil stopped by Mission's Hospital booth on campus Tuesday.
She said she has seen firsthand the dangers of fentanyl among people her age and is glad Mission Hospital is proactively working to keep students safe.
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