# @beavertonhigh on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr_PWfdvPEf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14115489-beavertonhigh-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-08T16:02:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Beaverton Beavers (@beavertonhigh) — https://gondola.cc/beavertonhigh

## Caption

Two years ago after the death of several students, BSD embarked on a fentanyl awareness campaign that we dubbed, “Fake & Fatal: One Pill Can Kill.” It included lessons for all middle and high school students, staff training, posts on BSD social media accounts and a virtual Community Conversation event for students and parents. BSD was one of the first school districts in the country to address the fentanyl epidemic, largely due to the support of BSD parents Jon and Jennifer Epstein and their willingness to share their son’s story. Since then, we have made all these resources freely available to any school district in the country to use.

However, the reality is the fentanyl crisis is even more dire than it was two years ago. Teens are purchasing what they think are Adderall, Percocet, Oxycodone and Xanax pills via social media; what they’re getting are fake pills made from the deadly and more potent synthetic drug called fentanyl.

If you’re thinking to yourself, “my kid isn’t a drug addict,” know that most teens who use pills do not fit our dated notion of a drug user. Often, teens are seeking out what they think are real pharmaceutical pills to deal with anxiety or other mental health struggles. They’re not seeking out fentanyl. They don’t know that one pill can kill.

You and your child need to hear this message. 

This week, BSD is launching its second fentanyl awareness campaign. We’ll be hosting an in-person Community Conversation about Fentanyl on Thursday, May 18 at the District Administrative Office, 1260 NW Waterhouse Avenue in Beaverton from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. In addition, the event will be livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel. At the event, you’ll hear directly from the Epsteins, educators and local law enforcement. If you'd like to request interpretive services for this event, please call our Multilingual Department by May 11 at 503-356-3755.

We strongly urge you and your students to attend. What you learn may very well save your child’s life.

#BSDtogether
#FakeandFatal

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