October 23rd, 2017 by WCBC Radio

Perhaps one of the more alarming pieces of news that has surfaced locally pertaining to the heroin and opioid crisis- was when the Allegany County Board of Education approved a policy allowing the administration of naloxone, also known as Narcan, in schools. Narcan is an opioid overdose antidote. Many Maryland counties only stock the drug in middle and high schools. Allegany now keeps it in all schools.  According to Clay Stamp, director of the state’s Opioid Operational Command Center, an average of six Marylanders die every day from an opioid overdose- and many of those are students.  Drugs in the schools is a subject he has discussed with his own grandson…