Fentanyl Awareness

Chaffey College is collaborating with local and state agencies to raise awareness about the deadly effects of Fentanyl – a highly potent synthetic opioid increasingly found in fake prescription pills. Our goal is educate students and the community about the dangers of counterfeit pills through the #OnePillCanKill which aims to provide helpful information and resources.

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What is fentanyl?

Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug intended for pain relief as prescribed by a doctor. It is abused when illicitly produced and sold alone or in combination with other drugs, such as heroin, counterfeit pills and oxycodone.

 

What is the problem with fentanyl?

There is currently a significant nationwide surge in counterfeit pills containing lethal doses of fentanyl that are mass-produced by criminal drug networks in labs, deceptively marketed as legitimate prescription pills, and are killing unsuspecting Americans at an unprecedented rate.

 

Chaffey Police Are Equipped to Support

Chaffey College Police recently partnered with the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department to be certified in the administration of NARCAN® Nasal Spray, a life-saving treatment used for opioid overdose.  Chaffey Police can be reached at (909) 652-6911.

 

 

 

Learn more about the One Pill Can Kill Campaign by watching this video

DEA One Pill Can Kill Public Safety Alert and Awareness Campaign PSA Video

 

Resources

The following are useful links to drug facts and resource materials related to fake pills and opioid substance use.

 

Parental Resources

• Counterfeit Pills: What You Need to Know
• Buying Drugs Online: What You Should Know
• Wyatt’s Story
• From 2-Day Prime to the Dark Web: Buying Drugs Online
• Drug Overdoses Killed a Record Number of Americans
• Buying Drugs Online – What You Should Know & How to Protect Your Kids
• 10 Strategies to Prevent Your Young Person from Using Drugs
• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
• Growing Up Drug Free - a Parent's Guide to Prevention

 

Publications

• Drugs of Abuse: DEA publication w/facts about most commonly abused drugs
• How Teens Misuse Medicine
• 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment
• DEA Fentanyl Drug Factsheet
• Fentanyl: The Next Wave of the Opioid Crisis
• Fentanyl Flow to the United States
• Fentanyl-Laced Crack Cocaine a Deadly New Threat
• DEA Fentanyl Related Press Releases

 

Web Resources

• DEA.gov/onepill
• DEA’s "One Pill Can Kill" Flickr album: fake pill and drug photos
• www.JustThinkTwice.com (for teens)
• www.GetSmartAboutDrugs.com (for parents, caregivers, and teachers)
• www.CampusDrugPrevention.gov (for teachers and college campus community leaders/advisors)
• www.OperationPrevention.com