On the front lawn of First Call KC, an alcohol and drug prevention and recovery center, 400 Narcan-shaped yard stakes represent an overdose death in the Kansas City area in 2024.

Erin Horn with First Call KC says about half of the crosses represent someone whose death was fentanyl-related.

It is the mission of people like Horn to educate the public about how to protect themselves against fentanyl.

Staff at First Call KC give Naloxone kits to anyone who will take them. They distributed 8,000 boxes last year, because they know naloxone can be the difference between life and death.

Weve actually seen a lot more foot traffic, probably in the last couple of weeks, of parents sending their kids to college. And theyre grabbing it (Naloxone) for their kids and saying, Here you go, this is what

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