• By Hannah Phillips
• Posted Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Youth overdose prevention training to be held Nov. 18

Forsyth County's Behavioral Health Services is hosting a youth training on opioid overdose prevention and awareness for ages 12-18 on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 6-7:30 p.m., at the Carver School Road Branch Library, 4915 Lansing Drive.

Hannah Phillips, a substance use health educator with the county, will talk to youth 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 are invited to stay and join an optional discussion on to effectively communicate with their kids about drugs.

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.”