• By Hannah Phillips
• Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Youth Overdose Prevention & Opioid Awareness Training

Forsyth County's Behavioral Health Services department is hosting a youth training on opioid overdose prevention and awareness for ages 12-18 on Tuesday, August 26, at the Clemmons Library located at 6365 James St. Clemmons, NC.

Hannah Phillips, a substance use health educator with the county, will talk to them about the impacts of opioids, teach them harm reduction strategies to prevent overdoses and train them on how to use naloxone (also known as Narcan) if needed.

Parents can register their child for the event here.

“I kind of compare it to knowing how to do CPR," Phillips said. "Knowing how to give Naloxone is a first responder skill that you hope you never have to use, but it could save someone's life if you are in that situation.”