On May 7, 2024, National Fentanyl Awareness Day strives to gather everyone in the community to bring awareness to this crisis. That means parents, teachers, corporations, influencers, community and government groups, and… you!
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Northampton County’s Fake Is Real fentanyl awareness campaign continues to educate and inform the public about the deadly fentanyl crisis facing the community. However, with some help from state senators in Harrisburg, new proposed legislation could spur even greater awareness and more importantly, help prevent youth from obtaining these drugs.
It’s important to dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands, which could dangerously misuse them. But how you dispose of them makes a big difference for the community and environment.
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Fake Is Real One Year Anniversary
As Fake is Real celebrates our one year anniversary since launch our Fentanyl Awareness campaign, we held a press conference to highlight our impact in the past year and our plan for continued efforts in the year to come.
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll testified before a Senate committee about the importance of prioritizing the fentanyl crisis.
In recent years, many people have experienced poor mental health, with over 30% of adults in the United States reporting symptoms of anxiety and/or depression in February 2023.
As the opioid epidemic rages on, Northampton County is hoping a little bag can make a difference.
Northampton County is offering a new service it says will help to keep unused medications out of the wrong hands and prevent addiction before it starts.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at today’s Health Subcommittee legislative hearing titled “Responding to America’s Overdose Crisis: An Examination of Legislation to Build Upon the SUPPORT Act.”
In 2022, provisional data indicated that more than two thirds (68%) of the reported 107,081 drug overdose deaths in the United States involved synthetic opioids other than methadone, principally illicitly manufactured fentanyls (IMFs) (1).