Real Talk Matters: Fighting Fentanyl & Its Impact on Mental Health

ByOD Free Marin

OD Free Marin and Marin Suicide Prevention Collaborative invite you to a one hour webinar about fentanyl that includes lived experience speakers such as a substance use navigator working at the Marin Health Emergency Department and experts in the field. The program connects National Fentanyl Awareness Day and May Mental Health Month.

This Zoom event will be on May 9th from 4-5pm. It will include live Spanish interpretation as well as closed captions for hearing impaired.

Register HERE and share our flyers HERE.

If you have any questions, please email info@odfreemarin.org.

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