Middle school students from Kuna, Boise, and West Ada schools learned about the dangers of fentanyl at Idaho’s first-ever Youth Fentanyl Summit. Kids will use what they learned at the summit to create a program about fentanyl that they’ll share with their classmates during Red Ribbon Week.
- Student leaders from 20 middle schools in Kuna, Boise, and West Ada school districts were given $250 per school to share what they learned at the summit with their peers in a unique way.
- You can learn more about fentanyl and its impact on Idaho here.
( Below is the transcript from the broadcast story)
“We know kids can reach kids better than anybody better than any adult so rather than talk at them we talk with them, we partner with them,” says Brian Keen, with “Building Knowledge, Keeping Balance.”
He spoke to kids at Tuesday’s summit about the dangers of fentanyl.
“We don’t make anything up, there’s no lies, but it is a very serious topic. But we tell these kids there is no other way for them to make a healthy decision unless they have the accurate information to do that,” says Keen.