Resources to address uptick in fentanyl-related overdoses
Safety is PACE’s top priority, and we believe it is critically important to share information about fentanyl’s dangers with our members, students and families.
The National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics names fentanyl as the world’s deadliest opioid. It is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and up to 300 times more potent than morphine. It accounts for more than half of all overdose deaths in the United States (source: https://drugabusestatistics.org/fentanyl-abuse-statistics/).
Recently, we have seen an increase in people in our communities purchasing what they think are OxyContin, Percocet or Xanax pills via social media but getting fake pills containing the cheaper, stronger and more deadly synthetic drug called fentanyl.
Students and families can report confidential concerns about substances circulating in the community by going to http://www.safeoregon.com.
In December 2020, Jennifer and Jon Epstein lost their son, Cal, to fentanyl poisoning. Just six months earlier, Cal had graduated from Sunset High School in the Beaverton School District. He bought what he thought was OxyContin from a drug dealer on Snapchat. Instead, he got a fake pill made from cheap, potent and deadly fentanyl. Watch this video to hear their story.
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