Narcan Training in Schools

A 2023 Ithaca High graduate described witnessing drug use among classmates and never receiving overdose-response training, arguing students need to know what to do without fear of calling for help.

A Cornell senior who coaches at Ithaca High noted adolescent overdose deaths exceed national rates and said the bill would empower students just as CPR training does.

A Truth Farm representative from Broome County recounted how her Narcan-educated children saved a life, arguing education saves kids and their friends.

A Cornell public policy student with the State Policy Clinic cited CDC data showing bystanders present in two-thirds of teen overdose deaths but helpless to act, and urged a yes vote.

A Cornell student who lost friends to overdose asked the Legislature to support the bill, saying students are almost always first on the scene and deserve to be treated as partners in public safety.