Resources For You
Support is available (locally and statewide) for you to reach out based on your specific needs.
Featured Resources
Deadly Dose
The Virginia campaign centers on raising awareness with teens on the dangers of fake prescription pills and illicit powders.
Song for Charlie
Song for Charlie has created an accessible and convenient fentanyl education course that helps parents and caregivers connect with their children to have constructive conversations about the new chemical drug landscape.
One Pill Can Kill
The DEA’s One Pill Can Kill campaign was launched following a Public Safety Alert warning of the alarming increase in the lethality and availability of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
Champions For Youth Podcast
VFHY’s podcast brings together trailblazers in youth advocacy, education, and public health, to address issues such as fentanyl.
Featured Episodes:
Know Your Numbers
Easy access to help is a phone call away.
Useful Resources
Find the right resources:
Parents, teachers, and other caregivers
Learn how to talk to your teens at: The New Drug Talk
Parents and caregivers, get smart about fentanyl and fake pills: One Pill Can Kill VA
An educational resource for parents, educators, and caregivers: Get Smart About Drugs
Read the SAMHSA’s Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States (2023)
Youth, teens, and stress
What teens need to know about fentanyl: Song for Charlie
Learn to deal with stress without drugs: Skills Over Pills
Recovery services
Connect with expert help by calling 211
Find treatment options near you: Curb The Crisis
Find recovery services in your local area: Community Services Boards in Virginia
Find treatment by zip code: FindTreatment.gov
Get local assistance with substance abuse screening, treatment, and recovery: One Pill Can Kill VA
Connect with a faith-based Recovery Representative: Celebrate Recovery Group Locator
Find programs, meetings, and groups to support families in recovery
Mental health, treatment options
Find treatment options near you: Curb The Crisis
Find treatment for substance use disorder: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Join a community of relatives and friends concerned about the use of drugs: Families Anonymous
Learn more about mental health resources in Roanoke Valley: Roanoke Valley Collective Response
Overdose prevention, get naloxone
Learn to save a life during an opioid overdose: REVIVE! Training
Learn more about comprehensive harm reduction: Virginia Department of Health
Helpful national resources
The school environment (K-12, College)
Bring awareness about fentanyl pills to your school: Song for Charlie
The Dangers of Fentanyl lesson plan: Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth
Lesson plans for grades 4–9: National Institute on Drug Abuse
A planning guide for preventing drug misuse among college students: Department of Justice
Combat drink spiking, learn more at KnoMore
Christopher Newport University
Hampton University
- Student Counseling Center
- Student Health Center
- Behavioral Health and Intervention Team
- Peer Counselors (Instagram)
James Madison University
- Substance Use Resources
- Health and Wellbeing
- Counseling Center
- ResQed: A student-led club that certifies JMU students as lay rescuers under Virginia’s Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education Program. (Instagram)
Longwood University
- CAPS (Counseling & Psychological Services)
- Campus Safety
- University Health Center
- Education and Prevention Programs Offices and Services
Radford University
University of Virginia
- REVIVE! Training at Student Health
- Collegiate Recovery Program
- Mental Health Resources for Students
- Peer Health Education
- Well-Being Coaching with WahooWell
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia Tech
William & Mary