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OD Free Marin collaborates with Song for Charlie to educate parents about preventing youth overdose

Marin parent Jessica Schiller, whose daughter Naomi died of an overdose, joined a panel discussion on fentanyl at the Marin County Office of Education (MCOE) which held a screening of the documentary, “Drugs in the Age of Fentanyl.” Marin County community-based prevention coalition, OD Free Marin collaborated on the event with Song for Charlie, a nonprofit…

Rainbow Fentanyl
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Marin health officials, schools take on fentanyl abuse prevention

By KERI BRENNER | kbrenner@marinij.com | Marin Independent Journal Marin County health leaders and educators are launching a countywide effort to curb the threat of fentanyl, an increasingly omnipresent drug that has taken a deadly toll in Marin, the county’s top health official said this week. The county’s public health department has joined with the Marin County Office of…

A small but deadly dose of fentanyl next to a penny
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Marin Voice: Prevent deaths, overdoses by raising awareness of fentanyl

I still feel the pain of losing my brother to a fatal opioid overdose in 2018. Jerry was only 50. It was at  that moment that I committed to being an advocate for overdose death prevention in my home county of Marin. Earlier this month, the Marin Independent Journal highlighted the story of Aidan Mullin,…