06/03/2026
-BECOME AWARE , BE PREPARED -
This Is An Opioid Overdose Awareness Share.
Below are examples of scenarios that can and do lead to an accidental or unexpected opioid overdose.
*Someone with addiction received drugs that were laced with fentanyl, xylazine , or nitazene without their knowledge resulting in direct harm or death by overdose
* Someone in physical or mental anguish "just wanted the pain to stop"
*Someone WITHOUT an addiction accidentally over took their pain medication twice that day (this may happen with elderly persons or persons with dementia, other causes of memory loss, and sometimes regardless anyone can forget they already took their medication or accidentally take them incorrectly)
* A CHILD found and consumed illicit drugs at a park, in public, or even in their own home
* A TEEN , just wanted to experiment
*A CHILD got into a grandparent or parents medicine cabinet with legal prescriptions of opioids for pain and consumed them
*A CAREGIVER OR FAMILY MEMBER ACCIDENTALLY provided the wrong prescribed medication OR wrong dose of the persons prescribed medication
* Foul play - someone intentionally put opioids in someone's food , drink , or other substances that are NOT drugs with intention to harm or kill them
These are just a FEW possible scenarios leading to opioid overdose , and/ or opioid overdose deaths - In this epidemic ,no one is of the exception. Many become victims of opioid overdose , opioid poisoning , toxicity , or death.
You do not have to knowingly use or misuse a illicit or even prescribed op**te /opioid to become a victim of opioid overdose, fentanyl toxicity, or any opioid poisoning -
Every Life Matters Regardless.
This is to spread awareness of the widespread, broadened , impact the opioid epidemic has or can have on ANYONE, regardless of having history of substance use or never using at all.
written by :
Lindsey Potter
Hope Clinic Case Management
CADC-I