Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Receives 20 Months of NARCAN Supply

The shipment was paid for with funds received by the county in opioid settlements. One San Antonio family wants others to know about its benefits.

SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County sheriff’s deputies are receiving a 20-month supply of naloxone, a life-saving drug that can counteract the effects of an overdose, commonly known as narcan.

On Friday, a Bexar County judge announced that opioid settlement funds were used to purchase nearly 2,000 doses to go into the hands of first responders.

One San Antonio family who watched the ad hopes Narcan will prevent tragedies like the one they experienced.

Veronica and Daniel Kaprosi stood outside the Bexar County Courthouse holding a photo of their daughter Danica.

“She wanted to be an engineer, she had plans to go to college in New York,” they told KENS 5. The family says Danica suffered from insomnia and food allergies.

And I wanted the pain to go away.

“We don’t know if it was bought by her or given to her, Percocet, she took Percocet and never woke up, it was full fentanyl,” Veronica said.

The reality is what more than 250 families in Bexar County have experienced over the past two years.

But the sheriff’s office says they saved more than 51 lives in 2022 thanks to Narcan.

MPs on the front lines of the opioid crisis are grateful for the donation.

“We’re hoping this lasts 20 months, I’ve been asked before about what happens if we end up and we’re going to have to figure it out sooner rather than later because this is the new normal for us,” Sheriff Salazar said.

Bexar County leaders have collaborated in the past to get drug donations to the sheriff’s office.

“A day like this isn’t really about us at all, it’s dedicated to the memory of people whose lives were lost because they didn’t have access to life-saving supplies,” said Dr. Jennifer Potter, Vice President UT Health on research in front of the audience.

Friday also marks six months since Danica’s death. She was only 17 years old.

Her parents want to fight the stigma associated with drug overdose, calling it fentanyl poisoning instead.

“They don’t swallow a handful of pills, that’s fentanyl poisoning. They unconsciously accept something and die from it, ”Veronica said.

Her parents would spend the rest of their days teaching others.

“It happened to our family, it happened to our daughter, do something, take the initiative and find out what this drug is capable of,” Daniel Kaprosi told KENS 5.

While the parents didn’t know what Narcan was or if he could save their daughter’s life, they hope that Narcan’s knowledge can save others.

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