Emergency overdose kits are being installed at the Ford Amphitheater

(COLORADO SPRINGS) – In an effort to raise awareness about and help prevent fentanyl overdoses in Colorado, new emergency kits will be installed at the Ford Amphitheater in Colorado Springs on Friday, October 4.

According to Venu (formerly Notes Live), it is partnering with AEG Presents Rocky Mountains and Keep the Party Safe to educate concertgoers in Colorado about the risks of fentanyl, including recreational drug contamination.

Earlier this year, as part of an exclusive new partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (DEA RMFD), FOX21 News spoke with Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen about the dangers of fentanyl in Colorado and the dangers it poses entails for young people. people.

“Fentanyl is in every community,” Pullen previously said. “It doesn’t matter what race you are, what ethnicity you are, whether you come from a good neighborhood or a bad neighborhood, what kind of car you drive – fentanyl is in your neighborhood.”

Courtesy: DEA, 2 mg, the amount on the tip of this pencil, could be enough to kill an average American.

According to Pullen, 2.61 million fentanyl pills were seized in Colorado in 2023, a record that we will easily break this year.

According to Venu, the kits will be officially installed from 11:30 am on Friday

“The kit contains two boxes of Narcan (each box contains two doses) and instruction cards for administering the Narcan,” according to a Venu press release. “It will be installed in a publicly accessible space.”

For more information about the dangers of fentanyl, visit the DEA’s One Pill Can Kill website at dea.gov/onepill.