After a classmate died from an overdose, local students are working to change Washington state law

Current Washington state law only requires overdose reversal drug in large school districts.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — What began as a high school AP Government assignment could soon turn into a new Washington state law.

A group of seniors from Lake Washington High School wants every school in the state to carry Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal medication.

Current state law only requires it at high schools in school districts with more than 2,000 students.

According to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), that law impacts about a third of the school districts in the state.

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