National Fentanyl Awareness Day - Tuesday, May 10, 2022

 

Join the Effort to Educate & Spread the Word
About the National Fentanyl Crisis

InnerAct Alliance is proud to partner with the coalition of issue-area experts, corporations, nonprofits, schools, families, and elected officials coming together on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 to recognize the first ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day, a day of action to raise public awareness about an urgent problem: people are dying at alarming rates dur to illegally made fentanyl (FEN-ta-nyl), a dangerous synthetic opioid that is odorless, tasteless, cheap, and extremely potent. 

A Few Fentanyl Facts to Know

Fentanyl is involved in more deaths of Americans under age 50 than any other cause of death, including heart disease, cancer, and all other accidents.

Practically all of the pills seized by law enforcement are fake and 40% contain a potentially lethal amount of fentanyl.

Fentanyl is involved in more American youth drug deaths than heroin, meth, cocaine, benzos, and Rx drugs combined.

Fake pills have been found in all 50 states. Assume any prescription medication you see online is fake including Oxycontin, Percocet, and Xanax, as well as party drugs like cocaine and MDMA.

Illegally made fentanyl is the primary driver of the recent increase in all U.S. overdose deaths.

Fentanyl-involved deaths are the fastest growing among 14-23-year-olds.

KNOWLEDGE = POWER so please encourage the citizens in our community to join the National Fentanyl Awareness Day effort, learn the facts, and know the risks about Fentanyl - www.fentanylawaressday.org.