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Task force presents child-focused fentanyl-prevention lessons after outreach to local elementary school
Summary
An overdose-task-force presentation described an age-appropriate curriculum used with kindergarten–fifth graders (about 850 students at Colonel Santos), emphasizing that fentanyl is "a poison," the risks of colorful illicit pills, and encouraging children to tell trusted adults.
Members of an overdose task force told the meeting they have developed a child-facing fentanyl-prevention presentation that was piloted at local elementary schools and reached about 850 students at Colonel Santos Elementary.
Frank Lozano, who spoke as part of the task force presentation, said the curriculum deliberately avoids technical terms and tells children that fentanyl is ‘‘a poison’’ to convey risk in age-appropriate language. “We brought…
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