Opiate Epidemic Worsens with Fentanyl Lacing

(The Collegian) Over 48,000 fentanyl-related deaths occurred in the U.S. in 2024, accounting for about 60% of overdose fatalities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

For some students, the epidemic strikes close to home.  

[Tarrant County College - Trinity River Campus] student Landis Hinesly said her sister’s significant other overdosed on fentanyl two years ago. 

“He didn’t get to see the birth of his second son,” she said. “That’s what kind of opened my eyes up to the epidemic that’s happening.”  

Hinesly is one of the students at TR Campus [Fort Worth, Tex.] who learned how to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses during a presentation held Oct. 23. The presentation was led by Hailey Bocanegra, the program director of Challenge of Tarrant County’s Stand Out-Act Responsibly.  

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