HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- All schools in West Virginia now have the option of stocking up on naloxone, also known as Narcan, the life-saving drug that can bring someone back from an overdose.

The West Virginia Board of Education voted and gave the policy the green light earlier this week.

The drug is only to be administered by registered nurses at the school.

Cabell County Schools have been stocking Narcan since last year. At that time, they needed a special waiver to do so.

WSAZ caught up with Cabell County School officials on Friday. They are glad to hear schools around West Virginia can now have access to the drug.

"We don't want a traumatic situation to happen at a school that we're not prepared to respond to," Cabell County Assistant Superintendent Todd Alexander said.

Alexander said Cabell officials started noticing parents showing up to their school intoxicated. They say that weighed into their decision to stock the drug.

"That's what this day in time is coming to," Huntington High School nurse Misty Cooper said on Friday. "There are quite a few of the students where they are clean, they don't use drugs, but their parents do," Cooper added.

Cooper said she is trained and ready if a student, faculty member, or visitor were to overdose at Huntington High.

At Huntington High School, the drug is locked away in the nurses' office. Cooper said parents shouldn't be concerned that the drug could get in the wrong hands.

The drug has not been used at any Cabell County school, but nurses like Misty Cooper say they are prepared for when that day comes.