The Fentanyl Crisis in Sonoma County and across the country has gotten worse and it is incredibly concerning given the amount of cases we hear about daily in Sonoma County , the Bay area or across the country. While we would like to think our campus and community are free from these horrors, they are not. Join us in March as we kick off our Save A Seawolf: Fentanyl and Other Drug Awareness Month. We will hear from Michele Leopold whose son Trevor’s life was cut short from an overdose right here at SSU. We will also hear from experts in the county and campus about these potent and easily available drugs, as well as from law enforcement and the health center about getting trained and accessing Narcan so we can all be better prepared to Save a Seawolf should we need to. Educate yourself, and bring your friends to these important programs.
After four years of insanity caused by Trevor's cannabis use disorder and resulting addiction, Michelle Leopold's beautiful boy died on November 17, 2019, in his dorm room at Sonoma State University, after ingesting a street pill that was a lethal dose of fentanyl. His unformed brain caused the neurons to search out a higher high after being introduced to cannabis at age 15 while in high school. He will forever be 18 years old, and their family’s life has been irreparably changed by his cannabis use disorder and subsequent choices. Michelle now wants to do all she can to honor his memory by preventing other teens from becoming statistics like Trevor, and to stop any other mothers from feeling the lifelong grief of losing their son/daughter at age 18 - or any age.
Join us as we are introduced to Trevor and to this mother's (and too many other mother's) story, in the hopes that we will make better choices, watch out for one another, know the resources on campus and off, as well as learn how you can get Naloxone (& trained to use it) just in case you are faced with someone you know being in a similar situation. For more information, contact mo.phillips@sonoma.edu
The event will also include Scott Jamar, Chief Deputy District Attorney at County of Sonoma, Chaka Morrison , SSU Health Educator and Chief Nader Oweis, SSU Chief of Police