school district is installing 175 overdose kits just like this one. across high schools countywide. each one stocked with naloxone, a drug that can actually reverse opioid overdoses. nationwide, at least 20 states have laws allowing schools to stock naloxone training staff and even some students on how to use it. we are going all hands on deck because it s such a prominent drug throughout our community. reporter: data shows that the number of overdoses among teens is going up, but drug use among teens is actually going down. how do you square that? really that s because of the strength of fentanyl. a few grams of fentanyl can kill someone. and we think the fact that the fentanyl is now being mixed in with the drugs that are being used, it s attributing the higher rate of the deaths. reporter: those fatal mixes, the drug enforcement administration says finding their way into students hands through social media. people set up accounts specifically
becoming more increasingly common. deaths reaching a record high, surging 133% in just two years. the vast majority of them caused by fentanyl, a drug that s often found in fake pills made to resemble prescription drugs like oxycodone, xanax or adderall. that s why in camden, new jersey break the glass. reporter: they re bringing a new solution to students. it s almost like a fire extinguisher, you break the glass? that s exactly what it is. reporter: the school district is installing 175 kits just like this countywide each one stacked with narcan a drug that can reverse overdoses. schools have allowed schools to stock naloxone training staff how to use it.
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our county, we re going to implement a curfew tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. and that s countywide, from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. a countywide curfew, a county state of emergency. all schools closed, first for one day, now tomorrow for a second day. emergency shelters opened up for people to try to keep warm all powered by generators. the whole county trying to get by on generator power. power out for what they call 45,000 customers. customers in this case means 45,000 homes and businesses. altogether we re talking about over 100,000 people. well, it was initially 45,000 customers, 45,000 homes and businesses. it s now down to 33,000 homes and businesses. but that s still tens of thousands of americans tonight with zero power, zero. and this isn t like lines down in a storm that you go out and rewire the lines and put them back up.