Naloxone has a 98 percent success rate when it comes to reversing the effects of an overdose.

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College students fight to end drug overdoses on campus

ATLANTA — Jeremy Sharp has a story similar to too many local college students.

“I had a friend pass away on his twenty-first birthday from polydrug use,” Sharp said.

Since then, the senior at University of North Georgia has worked tirelessly to make sure no other student has to die from a drug overdose.

Two years ago, he worked with the state legislature to pass HB 965, the so-called Good Samaritan 911 law, which gives amnesty to people who call 911 when their friend is overdosing.

Now, Sharp has his eyes on something larger.