The Problem

Thousands of college students and young adults die due to drug overdose each year in the United States (7,541 individuals ages 15-24. CDC, 2021). The most common causes are accidental fentanyl intake and mixed drug use.

Each one of these fatalities could have been prevented. Yet, the failure of previous approaches to combating overdose means these young lives were lost before they were able to reach their fullest potentials.

These preventable deaths are so much more than the young adult who did not survive - they each mark dozens of parents, siblings, friends, class and team mates whose lives are forever scarred by these losses.