Thesis Defense for Ally Rakus
Honors student Ally Rakus will defend her thesis on Wednesday, May 8 at 2 p.m. in Stephens Hall, Room 216.
Thesis Title & Abstract:
Free Narcan in Schools: Saving Students?
On average, 130 Americans die every day from an opioid overdose (Understanding the Epidemic, 2018). As a solution, Adapt Pharma, producer of the overdose reversal drug Narcan, began offering free Narcan kits and educational programs to high schools across the United States. The program, Free Narcan Nasal Spray for High Schools Program, began in 2015 and is currently operating as of 2019. Using county-level mortality data from the CDC and program data from Adapt, this study measures the impact of Narcan kits distributed in high schools on two county death rates.
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