Communities Talk About: Fentanyl Use Prevention in Youth and Young Adults
This webinar from June 21, 2023—hosted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse—featured a discussion on the prevention of fentanyl use, the effects of fentanyl laced with other substances such as xylazine, and the growing threat of fentanyl use among young people.
Learning Objectives:
- Find out how SAMHSA is working on prevention and interventions related to fentanyl use.
- Discover how the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is preventing drug misuse among young adults through its programming like the One Pill Can Kill Campaign.
- Explore how the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) is responding to the fentanyl crisis by implementing fentanyl use prevention efforts throughout the country.
Click here to watch the on-demand recording on SAMHSA’s YouTube channel.
Presenters:
- Marion Pierce, Public Health Analyst, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
- CAPT Jennifer Fan, Pharm.D., J.D., Acting Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, SAMHSA
- Rich Lucey, Senior Prevention Program Manager, DEA
- Beth Connolly, Assistant Director, Office of Public Health, ONDCP