Overview
- CCUSD’s board unanimously approved the pilot this week to provide portable fentanyl testing devices to students and families.
- Initial access is being offered at the Culver City Adult School, and officials said distribution to high school students could expand based on feedback.
- The program is run with Defense Diagnostic Inc.’s DEFENT division, which is supplying the kits at no cost to the district.
- The district will announce specific pickup locations and educational materials in the coming weeks and says kits will be provided discreetly at district sites.
- Leaders cited steep increases in youth fentanyl deaths and framed the kits as one layer in a broader safety strategy that includes Narcan, wellness supports, and substance-misuse education; the strips detect fentanyl with results in about five minutes.