Narcan kits installed in high schools to fight teen overdoses

A growing number of schools are installing kits stocked with naloxone, also known as Narcan, amid an alarming surge in teen overdoses. NBC Newsโ€™ Morgan Radford reports from Camden County, New Jersey, to learn about one districtโ€™s plan to protect students as dangerous fentanyl becomes more prevalent.

View the original NBC News story on YouTube or the article and video on WRAL.com.

Widow and mother of late MLB pitcher Tyler Skaggs speak out against fentanyl

For the first time on camera, the widow of Tyler Skaggs and his mother are sharing their story of loss after the 2019 death of the Los Angeles Angels pitcher. Skaggs was just 27 years old when he was found dead in his hotel room after taking fentanyl-laced oxycodone on the road with his team.

Over three years after Tyler Skaggs’ death, his wife, Carli Skaggs, and mother, Debbie Hetman, spoke to ABC News about what justice looks like to their family.

Read the full article on the Good Morning America web site.

The Chad Prather Show – Fentanyl PSA

North Carolina, where a babysitter just got sentenced to a minimum of four year years in prison for the fentanyl death of a toddler.

Haley Godshall is the now-former defendant in question. Haley was babysitting a friendโ€™s baby for the day, but was also hanging out with one of her friends โ€ฆ a girl with the unfortunate name of Daisy Bare. But hereโ€™s the thing: Fentanyl, as we know, doesnโ€™t take a whole lot to kill a person. A few grains of it can be lethal under the right circumstances, and thatโ€™s for an adult! I think the pretty obvious first place to land on this is: Donโ€™t do drugs around children, and especially donโ€™t do dangerous drugs that can kill you around them.

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