Today is National Fentanyl Awareness Day — the day chosen to make a big push, on lots of fronts, to really reiterate that this drugs kills. It kills a lot of people. It kills quickly. You want to stay away.

A big coalition of organizations has put together the website linked above with lots and lots of resources. There’s a page on how you might encounter fentanyl (in ways you might not expect.) There’s a fentanyl FAQ. There are a Twitter and Instagram and Facebook accounts to follow, with lots of graphics you can share with your own followers, if you are so inclined.

We didn’t know, until a reader pointed it out to us a few minutes ago, that it was National Fentanyl Awareness Day, nor that all these great and helpful resources exist. Maybe you didn’t know either. Now you do. 

FAQs | National Fentanyl Awareness Day

Illegally made fentanyl and its dangers, while well-documented by health professionals and law enforcement, are largely unknown to the general population and even more so to its most vulnerable population: youth and young adults.

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It’s nice out. Things are happening. It’s going to be fine.