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They walked for more than a mile for a serious cause: raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl.
The first Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk began Saturday morning, May 11, at the Hemet Public Library and journeyed down the city’s main drag, Florida Avenue. Many participants donned purple T-shirts.
Participants in the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk in Hemet on Saturday, May 11, 2024, were asked to wear purple. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
Narcan nasal spray is designed to help reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Free doses were being provided by the Out of the Ashes Organization at the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Hemet. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
Several people walked down Harvard Street on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Hemet in support of the families of fentanyl victims during the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
Signs with photos of victims lined the sidewalk outside the Hemet Public Library on Saturday, May 11, 2024, for the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk in Hemet. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
Amber Royer, head of Out of the Ashes Organization, listens to state Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh speak on Saturday, May 11, 2024, kicking off the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk in Hemet. The walk started at the Hemet Public Library before making its way down Florida Avenue. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
State Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh spoke to members of the community on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk in Hemet. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
Families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl attend the event on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Hemet. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
Banners with the faces of victims were carried during the Fentanyl Awareness Drug Overdose Memorial Walk on Saturday morning, May 11, 2024. (Photo by Angel Pena, Contributing Photographer)
In addition to fentanyl, the event highlighted society’s problems with substance abuse and drug overdoses.
The Hemet-based nonprofit Out of the Ashes Organization, which works to increase education on the risks associated with fentanyl and other drugs, sponsored the walk.
In 2022, Riverside County law enforcement and public health officials launched a partnership to attack the fentanyl epidemic and established a Faces of Fentanyl campaign and website. Also that year, San Bernardino County issued a health advisory on the issue and created a web portal with information.
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