It Only Takes 2 Grains To Kill

It only takes 2 mg of fentanyl – that’s less than 2 grains of salt – to cause severe respiratory depression and death in just minutes.

Fentanyl Is Frighteningly Lethal

  • 50X Stronger than Heroin

  • Transfers Very Rapidly to The Brain

  • Renders a Victim Helpless in Minutes

The Supply of Fentanyl Continues to Increase

The Mexican cartels are deliberately pushing fentanyl through all available drug channels, from illicit drugs like cocaine and heroin, to knockoffs of prescription medications such as Adderall, Xanax & Percocet. Fentanyl is synthetic and cheap to manufacture with chemicals supplied by China. This has led to an increased supply, and as a consequence, fentanyl is flooding across the border to all urban centers across the United States.

Addiction Is Their Main Goal

Fentanyl is highly addictive, and addicting people is the main goal of the cartels. The more effective the cartels are in driving addiction and overall penetration of its use in other drugs and medications, the more fentanyl will flood the market. 

It’s already happening in Ohio, where the share of cocaine seizures containing fentanyl have increased by 15 times. Consequently, fentanyl deaths have almost doubled since 2019.

More Fentanyl Equals More Deaths

As more fentanyl crosses the border and enters more drug channels, more people will accidentally die of fentanyl poisoning. It’s everywhere we least expect, and it will absolutely continue to get worse.

This Won’t Happen to Me

The media’s use of the phrase “Fentanyl Overdose” perpetuates the dangerous bias that exists in our culture. The word overdose brings to mind a person who’s addicted to a substance and not a casual or recreational user. In fact, fentanyl can unknowingly poison anyone at any time–a habitual user, a person trying a drug for the first time, or even a person who believes they’re taking a street version of a prescription medication such as Aderall.

Most, if not all social and situational drug users, firmly believe they are in control, and that “overdose” couldn’t possibly happen to them. This is dangerous and completely diminishes the threat. Fentanyl could be anywhere, and in various, lethal amounts. If it doesn’t kill you today, it may kill you next week. There is no controlling fentanyl.

This Won’t Happen To My Kid

Most parents are completely blind to the prevalence of casual drug use among teens and young adults. Not only are parents dangerously unaware, but they also completely tune out when the word overdose is used.

70% of the 107k+ drug overdose deaths in 2021 were attributed to fentanyl. However, this statistic is deceiving. Many of these deaths were casual drug users, young people using drugs socially, or who took counterfeit versions of medications such as Adderall to stay focused while studying in college. They too are classified as overdoses. Fentanyl is killing a record number of people who never knew they were taking it, and more importantly, were not aware of the increasing risk of fentanyl poisoning.

There Is No Controlling Fentanyl

Help Us Protect Our Youth

A Message to Parents

Below is a raw and candid message from a local young woman sharing her experience with the danger, risk and reality of drugs and addiction. Please watch and share with others - you might just save someone’s life!