LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A LaRue County student helped get a community Narcan box installed at a local fire department.
Jastyn Sweet, a junior at LaRue County High School, led a project to get Narcan placed at the Upton Fire Department. The project created a partnership with the fire department, city council and Lincoln Trail District Health Department.
"I didn't think this idea would go anywhere," Sweet said in a news release Wednesday. "But I would give anything to save someone else's mom or dad."
Sweet plans to major in psychology in college with a minor in substance abuse treatment.
"Anyone can be an advocate," Sara Jo Best, with the Lincoln Trail District Health Department, said in a news release. "I am so proud that a young person saw the value of harm reduction."
Naloxone, also known as Narcan, can treat a narcotic overdose in an emergency situation.
In 2022, fentanyl was the No. 1 cause of overdose deaths in Kentucky. Narcan is available for free at The Kentucky Harm Reduction Coalition.
For more information about Naloxone click here.
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