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HOPE IN RECOVERY - Fentanyl: What You Need to Know [*Hybrid* - In Person & ZOOM]

  • NAMI ORANGE COUNTY Hosted Hybrid In Person: Melinda Hoag Center for Healthy Living & via ZOOM (map)

Join us for a candid conversation with Della Lisi Kerr of the Alcohol & Drug Education & Prevention Team (ADEPT) and Mental Health and Recovery Services (MHRS) with the Orange County Health Care Agency, on:

  • How illegal fentanyl is made

  • The risk of taking illegal fentanyl

  • How youth get drugs with illegal fentanyl

  • Prevention strategies to keep your family safe


This hybrid presentation will be held both:

  • In-Person at the Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living
    (307 Placentia Ave, Newport Beach, CA 92663 in Room 105A)

  • Online via ZOOM

[ REGISTER NOW! ]

PLEASE NOTE: As of April 3rd, 2023, the Melinda Hoag Smith Center for Healthy Living will no longer be requiring the use of a mask while inside the facility. Masks will still be provided at the front desk to anyone who would like one, but is no longer necessary.


Welcome to NAMI Orange County's Hope in Recovery!

This new forum is focused on the intersection of substance use and mental health. Our vision is to bring together people with lived experience, family members, and treatment and community providers to encourage a sense of agency and provide resources to our community that have the power to save lives and inspire hope.

The forums will be set around these three values:

  • Agency (An individual's capacity to determine their own future)

  • Access (providing resources to encourage self advocacy

  • Support (giving hope to peers and family members affected by substance abuse and mental health).