Dreamville Festival educates 1,700 people on fentanyl overdose prevention
The Dreamville Festival in North Carolina partnered with the nonprofit This Must Be The Place to provide training to 1,700 attendees on how to respond to fentanyl overdoses.
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“They know they might be around somebody,” This Must Be The Place director William Perry said. “They might just be fed up with hearing about fentanyl overdoses and now they’re willing to do something, or they are people who just truly care.”
This Must Be The Place also passed out Narcan, which is a naloxone nasal spray that is an over-the-counter opioid overdose treatment. Perry said he thinks 5-7% of the naloxone distributed will be used within the next year.
“Dreamville, it is art. It is safety,” Perry said. “Let’s go and have fun.”
Perry said he hopes the training might help save a life. He said the goal is that each trainee will use their training to help someone as they return to their daily life.
- 2018: 2,554
- 2019: 2,688
- 2020: 3,132
- 2021: 3,961
- 2022: 4,243
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