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06/06/2024
SAMHSA is hosting a webinar, “FentAlert Challenge: Youth Innovators Advancing Fentanyl Overdose Prevention,”on June 13, 2024, from 2–3 p.m. ET. Youth and young adults will share their strategies to increase youth awareness, education, and prevention around the dangers of fentanyl. Fentanyl has increasingly become a concern for youth and young adults. From 2019 to 2021, overdose deaths among youth and young adults have increased. Among adolescents ages 10–19, about 90 percent of these deaths involved opioids and 84 percent involved illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Furthermore, the summer is often a time of substance use initiation for this population and it’s important to focus on prevention messaging around fentanyl and other substance use during this time of year. Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 13, 2024, and register to attend.