Stanislaus County agencies and volunteers will keep pressing for public awareness even though preliminary data showed a drop in fentanyl deaths last year.
The county’s Opioid Safety Coalition will have an empty chair display at Vintage Faire Mall in Modesto through Tuesday, National Fentanyl Awareness Day. Each of the 173 chairs represents someone who died from taking the illegal drug or other overdoses in 2024.
County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services leads the coalition composed of county and public health staff, addiction experts, health professionals, hospital workers, educators and residents who have lost family members. Meetings are held at 9 a.m. the second Thursday of each month at the Stanislaus Veterans Center, 3500 Coffee Road, Modesto…