“I didn't know that they made fake pills that looked real- that part was pretty scary.” “the fact that soooo many people died and that people even think about making and selling the pills just makes me sick. it me very sad. i cried a lot in the presentation. i'm glad people are trying to make a difference. “I had no idea how prominent fentanyl was in my generation.” “How people as young as 13 have died from the pills. They didn't even want to die, they just didn't know that those pills were bad for them.” “I originally thought people knew exactly what pills they were taking, but it turns out they don't” “that somebody i might know or trust could give me something that i might think is okay like a pain killer or another pill, and it might look okay, but that it could be laced with drugs. “ “The whole thing really. I didn’t realize that this was an issue, or that is was this big of one” “HOW to stay away from it.” “The section where you talked about the 'new type of victim' hit home for me.” “It was great that you talked about about taking pills is so normalized.”

“This presentation helped make me aware of how much one small mistake could be fatal” “I didn’t know what it was and I might have not known what to do” “i wont take non prescribed pills” “I think that the information given to us made me more knowledgeable about the substance and ways to avoid it. I also learned that people are dying every day from fentanyl poisoning every day so it is very important to tell others the dangers of it.” “NO RANDOM PILLS! It might look safe, but I know that there is a good chance it might not be.” “It also humanized the issue of substance use specifically opioid use. As mentioned in the presentation, it can be easy to have preconceived biases as to what a person who uses substance use looks like but it truly can be anyone and it's essential that tools be provided to support anyone who may need extra support and provided knowledge to all.” “felt that the introduction on the shift from organic substances to synthetic sources made a lot of sense and really put into perspective what we are dealing with. I just found that it was a really simplistic explanation that really got the message across, and really explained the substance landscape in a way that showed me how real it was.” “I had primarily associated this issue mainly with metropolitan cities in the Untied States. Seeing that there were this many deaths related to opioids in my own home country helped me concretely understand that this is not a problem restricted to the large cities.” “If it weren't for this event, I probably would have not known at all.” “The fact that it’s so easy now a days to buy what one may think is Xanax, but in reality is fentanyl is extremely deceiving and upsetting. This makes me scared for my community and only inspires me to learn more about this opioid crisis and ensure that my peers are educated with the proper information and safety measures.” “My most memorable take away is that drug supply is very unstable and unsafe, and it is not only addicts at risk for opioid overdose.” “I had never thought about the fact that older generations did not have to deal with synthetic drugs as much as us.” “Charlie's story really puts things in perspective that overdosing is much more common and it is not restricted to regular users. I wasn't aware that people tend to order these substances online and unfortunately will receive a substances that are laced with something else.”