Foundation
A nonprofit organization based in Grand Junction, CO, Voices for Awareness Foundation promotes awareness about counterfeit drugs, illicit fentanyl, and self-harm. By promoting fentanyl education and bringing this information to the forefront we can save lives.Donations
Thank you for considering joining us in the movement to warn the public about illicit fentanyl. Small donations make a bigger difference than you think. Together, we can make a difference. A small gift of $5 will provide a much-needed boost to our marketing and outreach programs.Fentanyl Facts
Illicit Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. There are two types of fentanyl: pharmaceutical fentanyl and illicit fentanyl. Our work addresses illicit fentanyl. Drug cartels make and supply deadly illicit fentanyl either as a standalone substance, as an additive in other dangerous street drugs, such as heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, or as substitutes for these drugs. Illicit fentanyl is purposely and deceptively added to other drugs because of its extreme potency, making drugs cheaper, more powerful, more addictive, and more dangerous. Illicit fentanyl has also been identified in counterfeit prescription pills. These fake pills are made to look identical to legitimate prescription pills — such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines—and have been found in every state in the country. Criminal drug networks are also harnessing the accessibility of social media to push deadly drugs into American communities.
Awareness
At Voices for Awareness Foundation, we are dedicated to combating the illicit fentanyl epidemic and other emerging deadly drugs that continue to devastate families and communities across the United States. Through education, advocacy, and collaborative efforts with local and federal law enforcement, such as DEA, HSI, CBP, and DHS, health organizations, like CDC, and policymakers, including the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control and The China Select Committee, we invite you to be part of the solution. We work to raise awareness, promote recovery, and prevent fentanyl-related deaths.
Our mission focuses on taking decisive action to dismantle the dangerous practices of transnational criminals in facilitating the export of toxic precursors used to produce fentanyl and other deadly opioids. We stand firm in our commitment to safeguarding American lives by exposing and eliminating these illicit networks, advocating for more robust international controls, and ensuring those responsible are held accountable.
Fentanyl Awareness Alert
Raising Awareness in Our Community and Yours
Voices for Awareness Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Grand Junction, Colorado, working to bring awareness to communities nationwide about counterfeit drugs, fentanyl, and self-harm. Voices is active in fentanyl legislation, prevention education, reducing stigma, and other areas of fentanyl awareness. We work with affected families that have lost a loved one to fentanyl poisoning, bringing their stories to the public and assisting them on their advocacy journey. Voices partners with other organizations and networks to bring fentanyl education and current information about the fentanyl crisis to the forefront. Together we can save lives.
About our foundation
Voices for Awareness Foundation based in Grand Junction Colorado sounds the alarm on the dangers of Illicit fentanyl. Our mission is to raise awareness to the fact that illicit fentanyl is found in virtually every street drug today. Illicit fentanyl is highly addictive and can cause sudden death. Today, illicit fentanyl is found in cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, and counterfeit pills disguised as Oxycodone, Percocet, Adderall and even marijuana. Fentanyl is killing Americans every 5 minutes. Americans of all socioeconomic groups and ages are dying from first time use.
Voices for Awareness Foundation is a licensed and registered nonprofit organization bringing awareness to illicit fentanyl, counterfeit drugs and self-harm. If you are someone you know is in need of emergency help, we urge you to reach out for help.
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Project Facing Fentanyl
VOICES FOR AWARENESS IS THE FOUNDER OF FACING FENTANYL
NATIONAL FENTANYL PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY
AUGUST 21
Michael Fiore Fentanyl Prevention and Recovery Outreach Speaker
CEO of Inspire to Inspire, Michael Fiore, is a native New Yorker living in recovery. His journey has led him to public speaking about recovery and fentanyl prevention. Mike is the Outreach Coordinator for Voices for Awareness and Project Facing Fentanyl. His collaboration with the recovery and prevention community has allowed him to speak with youth and groups of all ages across the country to bring awareness to the harms of illicit drugs. Mike has made it his mission to spread awareness and a positive message where ever he goes. To book with Mike for your prevention discussion, meeting, or event, contact: andrea@voicesforawareness.com
Visit FOX Nations streaming channel to see the complete documentary about Fentanyl: America’s Quiet Killer explores the chilling realities of the nation’s most dangerous drug. Hosted by Griff Jenkins, this special will uncover the hidden networks of fentanyl production, trafficking, and distribution. It will reveal the profound and lasting effects of this deadly opioid on American families, and it will examine potential solutions to this urgent crisis
Fentanyl is now the #1 cause of death for Americans age 18 to 45.
New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has revealed that U.S. drug “overdose” deaths reached a new high in 2023 – and deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids also reached an all-time high. The CDC estimates that more than 111,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending in April – and more than 77,000 of those deaths involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids other than methadone. Both are record highs and increases over the prior year.
While overall U.S. overdose deaths increased by 1.7 percent compared to the prior 12 month period, a Families Against Fentanyl analysis of CDC data found that illicit fentanyl and other synthetic opioid deaths increased by a greater margin of nearly 5 percent (4.9 percent), with some states seeing one-year increases of more than 50 percent.
Courtesy of Families Against Fentanyl
Number of overdose deaths from fentanyl in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022, by gender
