A North Carolina State University sophomore and West Henderson High School graduate is doing what she can to offer resources to her peers.
Narcan to be specific.
“Opioids are everywhere, like, they’re everywhere, and you see it a lot more on college campuses,” Alyssa Price said.
The 2022-23 school year at N.C. State was tragic. Fourteen students died, including two who fatally overdosed, according to an N.C. State spokesperson via ABC.
“I saw how it affected all of us last year, and I really want to combat that and fight the opioid overdoses that are affecting college campuses,” Price said.
Price said she lost two friends last year and saw the change on campus.
“They (the university) created a bunch of preventative measures last year with a lot of mental health interventions, a lot of mental health discussions, but we did not have the part that was, what if it happened?” Price said. “And so, this is what if it happened, and it’s a primary response before the first responders come.”