Fentanyl Awareness Day

TUESDAY, APRIL 29

PROGRAM #10758 11:00 AM PT 

Extra Edition: Fentanyl Awareness Day. 

The fentanyl crisis is worsening among Latinos in California. In 2023, about 2,500 Latinos died of fentanyl overdoses. On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, state health leaders reach out to the public to educate about the dangers of opioids. They also  launched an initiative to provide free access to naloxone and fentanyl test strips through public vending machines empowering individuals to save lives and access treatment when they need it most. Experts talk about the challenges, new efforts to prevent the epidemic, and the uses of life-saving medication.

Guests: Dr. Lucía Abascal, Public Health Physician, California Department of Public Health-CDPH, San Francisco, CA; Jessica Mora-Ramirez, Chronic Disease Prevention Coordinator and Cultural Competence Ethnic Services Manager, Behavioral Health Quality Division Department, Monterey County, Salinas, CA.

Limits on rent increases. More than 800 tenants, union members and faith leaders are taking their voices to the State Capitol this week, demanding immediate action on California’s out-of-control housing costs. The Housing Now! coalition will lobby lawmakers to pass the Affordable Rents Act (AB 1157), which would reduce maximum allowable rent increases from 10% to 5% statewide, potentially saving millions of California families from displacement.

Guest: Eddie Carmona, Director of Organizing, PICO California, Sacramento, CA.

Photo: CDC

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