Fentanyl Education Project

UPDATE: Event is rescheduled due to weather.

BONNERS FERRY---- A community seminar covering the dangers of fentanyl and other drugs will be presented by local law enforcement on Dec. 21 at 6 p.m. at Becker Auditorium at Bonners Ferry High School.

This is cooperation with the Bonners Ferry Police Department, Boundary County Sheriff’s Department and Idaho State Police.

“We want to give parents information so they too will understand the dangers of this drug and hopefully have good conversations with their children,” said Boundary County Sheriff Dave Kramer.

Pharmaceutical fentanyl is prescribed by doctors to treat severe pain, especially after surgery and for advanced-stage cancer. Illicit fentanyl is often highly potent and is not prescribed by medical professionals. The Drug Enforcement Agency estimates that two of every four doses of illicit fentanyl contains a fatal dose (2 mg or more).

Fentanyl use has been rapidly increasing across the nation and its overdose and death potential far exceeds any other substances that law enforcement deals with on a regular basis. BFPD urges all members of the public to be vigilant in protecting themselves and their families from exposure to and use of this dangerous substance.