Culver City students will have access to free fentanyl test devices as part of a pilot program adopted this week by the Culver City Unified School District Board of Education.

Providing the pocket-sized test devices district-wide is meant to be a proactive tool for students and families to use amid "a rapidly escalating fentanyl crisis," Office of School Board President Triston Ezidore wrote in a news release.

Portable fentanyl test devices will be discreetly provided at district-operated sites, including the Culver City Adult School.

This initiative makes CCUSD one of the first school districts in the region to adopt such a policy, according to the news release.

Youth fentanyl-related deaths increased by more than 625 percent in recent years and are the leading cause of death for Amer

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