Beyond Overdose - Addressing the Risk of Fentanyl Poisoning
This life-saving panel, hosted by XFoundation with investigative journalist and opioid expert Benjamin Westhoff, author of Fentanyl, Inc., will focus on the urgent issue of accidental fentanyl poisoning affecting youth today. ________________________________________________________________________ Join us to learn how parents, educators, and community leaders can work together to prevent tragedy through education, open communication with kids, and practical prevention tools, including fentanyl testing kits and Naloxone in the home. ________________________________________________________________________ **RSVP today - seats are limited. Free lunch with cookies included!
Price: FREE
Featured Speaker:
Benjamin Westhoff, Author of Fentanyl, Inc.
Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative journalist whose books are taught around the country and have been translated into languages all over the world. His new book Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic (September 3, 2019, Grove Atlantic) focuses on fentanyl, which now kills more Americans annually than any drug in history and is one of a crop of new chemicals called novel psychoactive substances (NPS).
To understand the crisis, Westhoff traveled the world, meeting with users, scientists, law enforcement, dealers, and distributors at every supply chain step. In China, he infiltrated a pair of drug operations making and selling fentanyl and NPS for export, and in the process, uncovered how China encourages this illicit trade through subsidies and tax breaks. Westhoff's work has also appeared in the Library of Congress, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Rolling Stone, and Vice.
RSVP today - seats are limited.
Event Itinerary
10:00 - 10:30 am MT
Meet local and national partners including the CDC, DanceSafe, Denver Recovery Group, JAPAR, and SCOPE.
10:30 - 11:15 am MT
Research and Insights on Fentanyl Poisoning with Ben Westhoff
11:15 am -12:15 pm MT
Panel Discussion and Q&A Session
12:15 -12:45 pm MT
Narcan Training with Denver Recovery Group
12:45 - 1:00 pm MT
Closing Remarks
1:00pm - 2:00 pm MT
Network, connect with panelists, explore resources, and book signing with Ben Westhoff!