The University of Victoria Students’ Society is calling for opioid-overdose-reversing naloxone kits on campus residence floors and mandatory naloxone training following the fatal overdose of a first-year student.
“I think that there needs to be more tangible, more accountable, and more transparent communication from the university that it’s an actual problem not only in our province, but it’s a problem on our campus. Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says naloxone, which blocks the effects of drugs such as fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone, is a relatively safe drug. Giving it to a person who is unconscious because of a non-opioid overdose is unlikely to cause harm, it says, though it won’t reverse overdoses caused by alcohol or cocaine.
“We definitely believe that there should be naloxone accessible on residence floors and in residence buildings” for easy access in an emergency, she said.
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