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Bexar County deputies equipped with 2,000 doses of Narcan paid for by opioid settlement

Doses amount to 20-month supply for deputies

New funding will keep a life-saving tool in reach for Bexar County deputies who encounter people who are overdosing.

Narcan, a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses when given to someone quickly, will be available to those deputies.

It has been nearly six months since 17-year-old Danica Kaprosy overdosed and died after taking a single fentanyl-laced pill.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin.

Danicaโ€™s mother, Veronica Kaprosy, believes more lives could be saved if tools like Narcan were more readily available.

โ€œEverybody needs Narcan in their home, in their purse, you know, because you donโ€™t ever know,โ€ Kaprosy said. โ€œIt could be happening somewhere. Youโ€™re walking, and you see something, and you know, you can help.โ€

At least 2,000 doses of Narcan, a 20-month supply, were purchased using money from a statewide opioid settlement. Previously, the county relied on grants to pay for it.

โ€œSo its come to the point where wherever you find Bexar County deputies, you will absolutely find Narcan not too far away and the training that goes along with it,โ€ Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

Last year, patrol deputies administered Narcan 50 times in the field and 10 times in a jail setting.

Andrea Guerrero-Guajardo, Bexar Countyโ€™s public health leader, said using Narcan can potentially help lead someone to a path of recovery.

โ€œPeople are five times more likely to seek treatment after a harm reduction intervention, compared to abstinence from the drug,โ€ Guerrero-Guajardo said.

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