Many young people are dying or becoming addicted from Rx narcotics specifically “oxy” other known as “oxycontin.” Rx narcotics are being used as a party drug. Unfortunately, it has become a very popular drug for recreational use! It is also becoming the “gateway drugs” to illegal narcotics (heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, meth etc). One of the scary realities of this epidemic is a person can die from one or two pills from Rx painkillers/oxycontin and without alcohol or illegal narcotics being taken. Many had no idea that recreational use of legal drugs are just as dangerous as the illegal drugs! In many cases, accidental overdose deaths could’ve been prevented if signs and symptoms were known or a call for help was done immediately!
Legal but Deadly is a mission of hope in preventing drug deaths/addictions. It also reminds young people to recognize signs and symptoms of drug overdosing that his/her friend maybe experiencing. A call to 911 is crucial or dropping off a friend at an emergency room is a must to help save a life. Legal but Deadly started its campaigning to raise awareness in 2006 by visiting schools and other places. The problem continues and is rising everyday in the United States. LBD’s mission is a hope to save lives from this epidemic because it is plaguing many communities and its young people:
- Albuquerque High School
- Bernalillo County Juvenile Detention Center
- DoD at Kirtland Air Force Base
- C.A.T.A. Charter School
- Cesar Chavez Community Charter School
- Cibola High School
- Del Norte High School
- Eisenhower Middle School
- El Dorado High School
- Grant Middle School
- Highland High School
- Los Fuentes Charter School
- Robert F. Kennedy Schools Charter Schools
- Robert F. Kennedy Schools South Valley
- Sandia High School
- Santa Rosa High School
- Santa Rosa Middle School
- Twenty-First Century Charter School
- Sequoyah Adolescent Treatment Center
- Sunrise Treatment Center
- Valley High School
- Volcano Vista High School
- West Mesa High School