The nation's longest-running drug awareness program, Red Ribbon Week, remains strong, including at schools in Oklahoma.

Some Oklahoma families are making it their mission to help spread the word for future generations, and to some extent, to mend their own hearts.

The middle and high school students of Berryhill packed into the gym this Halloween for an even scarier, but important message: The dangers of fentanyl and other drugs.

WATCH: Parents, counselors discuss impact of fentanyl for Red Ribbon Week:

"If you had a pack of sweet and low - if it was fentanyl, that would be enough to kill 2,000 people. And that one always surprises them," said Whitney Ruggles.

Ruggles' 15-year-old son, Hunter, an avid skateboarder, died in December, 2021 after taking part of a pill. Now, Ruggles and o

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