A bill introduced in the Kansas Legislature would provide resources for Kansas schools to provide prevention education highlighting the dangers of fentanyl to Kansas students, as well as funding to supply naloxone, used to prevent overdoses after a substance has been taken, in schools. 

Josh Magaha, a Kansas City firefighter, said he has given 15,000 children and adults overdose prevention education across eastern Kansas since 2018. Magaha’s first presentation was in Basehor. Five days later, someone overdosed on the school’s campus.

“Every single school I’ve presented in has had an overdose. Every single school I’ve presented in has Narcan now,” Magaha said. “I see it first hand. The fact that the deaths are going down is being blanketed because we have so much Narcan in the community.”

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