The Hillsborough Youth Commission hosts its first-ever Fentanyl Awareness Day. The free community event was meant to educate teens, parents and family members about the risks and dangers of accidental fentanyl poisoning.
A high school student spearheaded a free event in Hillsborough for teens and parents to raise awareness about the deadly effects of fentanyl. Fentanyl is involved in 80% of drug deaths among young people, according to the CDC.Rohan Dalal, 17, is a junior at Crystal Springs Uplands School and came up with the idea of hosting Hillsborough 's first-ever Fentanyl Awareness Day. He also founded the Hillsborough Youth Commission for politically inclined students.
Colin Walker was 17 when he overdosed in his bedroom in August 2021 from fentanyl-laced cocaine."What we didn't know is that from April 2021 til he died, so only a four-month period, but that's all it took. He was going on Snapchat and ordering drugs that were being delivered to outside our doorstep, that came after we had gone to sleep at night," said Walker.Walker encouraged other parents to have open conversations with their children about the dangers of fentanyl.
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