TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - School nurses across the area are expanding their roles beyond traditional healthcare as the opioid epidemic reaches school buildings, with life-saving Narcan now part of emergency response protocols.

Toledo Public Schools has placed Narcan in emergency kits throughout high school buildings, stored behind glass and ready for immediate use when overdoses occur.

“We did not have anything in our building to help with an opioid overdose,” said Shiloh Cahill, TPS Acting Senior Director of Health and Nursing Services.

Cahill, who works at Scott High School in partnership with New Concepts Behavioral Health, said students often bring the effects of their home environments into the classroom.

“Our students are seeing their neighborhoods, their family members doing things

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