A metro Atlanta father is sharing his daughter’s story as Georgia takes a major step to fight the opioid crisis in schools. The state is moving forward with a plan to place Narcan — the fast-acting opioid reversal spray — in every public school by spring of next year.
For Andrew Butler, the effort comes just as his family approaches a heartbreaking milestone: nearly five years since his 17-year-old daughter Clara died after unknowingly taking a fentanyl-laced pill.
“We try to honor her every year.”
Clara Butler was a senior at Collins Hill High School — an energetic, joyful teen who loved water skiing, working in the garden, her church, and her friends.
“She was very outgoing… didn’t know a stranger,” her father said…