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Fight the Fentanyl Crisis:
Be Educated, Equipped and Empowered at Fentanyl Awareness Week Oct. 22 - 30
20 Agencies and Organizations Partner to Inform Community about the Deadly and Destructive Drug Epidemic
The fentanyl crisis continues to stretch across the U.S. and New Mexico is among those waging a war against the deadly drug. The destruction fentanyl causes not only affects its abusers, but their families, friends, co-workers…even complete strangers.
Bernalillo County has teamed up with the City of Albuquerque, Sandoval County, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the New Mexico Department of Health, Albuquerque Public Schools, local law enforcement and numerous health and addiction treatment organizations to provide 20 public workshops and other outreach to educate, equip and empower the public in the fight against fentanyl.
All workshops and outreach efforts are FREE to the community.
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Fentanyl Awareness Week begins on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. with a movie screening of "All the World is Sleeping" at the Hiland Theater followed by a community discussion.
Watch the movie trailer, click here.
To reserve your seat at the movie screening and discussion, click here.
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The information sessions begin the next day and run through Monday, Oct. 30 at four locations in Bernalillo County and Sandoval County. The topics are:
- Overdose Education and Naloxone Training
- Navigating Treatment Services
- Emerging Drug Trends
- Correlation between Human Trafficking and Substance Use
- Helping Family Members with Addictions
- Educate & Equip Employers in the Fentanyl Crisis
- Stigma | Unlocking Empathy
- Peer Support, the Gift of Perspective
- Gender-Based Violence & Toxic Masculinity / Trauma Healing
- Native American Cultural Gathering & Letting Go
Click here to view the schedule and learn more about each session. All sessions are free to the community but interested persons must reserve a seat via Eventbrite online.
The workshops will be held at BernCo Commission Chambers in Albuquerque, the Gateway Center in Albuquerque, APS Berna Facio Center and Sandoval County Chambers in Bernalillo.
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Fentanyl Awareness Week will conclude with a candlelight vigil on Sunday, Oct. 29 at One Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque beginning at 5 p.m.
Please join us that evening for the lighting of candles in remebrance of loved ones lost to drugs and in support of those who continue to struggle from its effects.
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About Us
Hope, healing and building trust.
The state of New Mexico, like many other states around our country, has experienced a surge in overdose poisonings due to the unintended use of the drug Fentanyl. We, like many other states, have also seen the landscape of addiction and subsequent crime change in our communities.
Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque, through separate initiatives, found ourselves on a similar path and joined together to make a difference. After a few months of strategic planning the keepNMalive campaign was brought to life. The intent behind the use of “NM” is that we all, as New Mexicans, all face the issues related to this epidemic. To address these issues, we all must come together to make a difference in our state.
The campaign is not isolated to Bernalillo County or the City of Albuquerque. We expect and encourage all New Mexico to make a stand in addressing the effects fentanyl is having in our communities.
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