USD student-athletes team up with U.S. Attorney's Office for fentanyl awareness campaign | NBC 7
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To help fight'}, {'start': '18.720', 'end': '23.279', 'text': "the problem, he's teaming up with a"}, {'start': '20.480', 'end': '26.800', 'text': 'group of USD athletes hoping to help'}, {'start': '23.279', 'end': '29.240', 'text': 'save lives. There were 748 accidental'}, {'start': '26.800', 'end': '33.200', 'text': 'fentanel deaths in San Diego County in'}, {'start': '29.240', 'end': '35.680', 'text': '2023 versus 477 last year. According to'}, {'start': '33.200', 'end': '37.600', 'text': 'county records, those numbers trending'}, {'start': '35.680', 'end': '40.160', 'text': 'the right way. But for US Attorney Adam'}, {'start': '37.600', 'end': '41.440', 'text': "Gordon, there's still cause for concern."}, {'start': '40.160', 'end': '44.480', 'text': 'San Diego was the epicenter of the'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '47.120', 'text': 'fentanyl crisis. In 2021, we had 41'}, {'start': '44.480', 'end': '48.640', 'text': 'victims of fentanyl overdoses, ages 21'}, {'start': '47.120', 'end': '50.000', 'text': 'years and younger. Last year was six.'}, {'start': '48.640', 'end': '51.200', 'text': "That's a hopeful trend, but we needed"}, {'start': '50.000', 'end': '53.760', 'text': 'the right messengers with the right'}, {'start': '51.200', 'end': '56.239', 'text': 'message.'}, {'start': '53.760', 'end': '58.640', 'text': "But the one thing I won't do is test my"}, {'start': '56.239', 'end': '60.320', 'text': "luck with a pill. USD women's volleyball"}, {'start': '58.640', 'end': '62.559', 'text': 'answering that call through this new'}, {'start': '60.320', 'end': '64.720', 'text': 'social media campaign that launched on'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '66.320', 'text': "national fentanyl awareness day. It's"}, {'start': '64.720', 'end': '68.640', 'text': 'part of a joint effort with the US'}, {'start': '66.320', 'end': '70.400', 'text': "attorney and city attorney's offices to"}, {'start': '68.640', 'end': '73.840', 'text': 'educate students on the symptoms of'}, {'start': '70.400', 'end': '75.840', 'text': "overdose and how to save someone's life"}, {'start': '73.840', 'end': '77.360', 'text': 'and how to use it and raise awareness of'}, {'start': '75.840', 'end': '79.360', 'text': 'the dangers of fentanyl as well as'}, {'start': '77.360', 'end': '80.880', 'text': 'reduce accidental use. Because what you'}, {'start': '79.360', 'end': '84.000', 'text': 'might think are common medicines like'}, {'start': '80.880', 'end': '85.439', 'text': 'Aderal, Xanax, and Percoet'}, {'start': '84.000', 'end': '87.200', 'text': 'could contain a deadly amount of'}, {'start': '85.439', 'end': '89.600', 'text': 'fentanyl. I had a family member that'}, {'start': '87.200', 'end': '91.840', 'text': 'overdose on fentanyl. So, super eye'}, {'start': '89.600', 'end': '93.759', 'text': 'opening and just good to remember that'}, {'start': '91.840', 'end': '95.520', 'text': 'it affects everyone. Hoping to keep'}, {'start': '93.759', 'end': '97.759', 'text': 'others from experiencing that pain,'}, {'start': '95.520', 'end': '99.840', 'text': 'teammates say surround yourself with'}, {'start': '97.759', 'end': '101.840', 'text': 'good people to make it easier to say no'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '103.119', 'text': 'to peer pressure. I think like the'}, {'start': '101.840', 'end': '105.119', 'text': "biggest thing is knowing that it's"}, {'start': '103.119', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'cooler to say no than to fall down that'}, {'start': '105.119', 'end': '108.960', 'text': 'trap. People respect you when you stick'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '110.880', 'text': 'up for yourself and say no in those'}, {'start': '108.960', 'end': '113.360', 'text': 'pressure moments. I think it is way'}, {'start': '110.880', 'end': '117.680', 'text': 'cooler to say no than to have any sort'}, {'start': '113.360', 'end': '120.240', 'text': "of risk. There's like no need at all for"}, {'start': '117.680', 'end': '121.759', 'text': 'um some fluke accident to happen because'}, {'start': '120.240', 'end': '124.000', 'text': 'you thought something was cool and funny'}, {'start': '121.759', 'end': '126.000', 'text': 'one time. A valuable prevention message'}, {'start': '124.000', 'end': '127.600', 'text': "that's part of a two-pronged approach"}, {'start': '126.000', 'end': '130.160', 'text': 'that includes the US attorney'}, {'start': '127.600', 'end': '132.160', 'text': 'prosecuting dealers in an effort to save'}, {'start': '130.160', 'end': '133.920', 'text': 'more lives. The victims make it'}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '135.360', 'text': 'personal, right? Anytime you have to'}, {'start': '133.920', 'end': '137.040', 'text': 'look at a mother and a father somewhere'}, {'start': '135.360', 'end': '139.599', 'text': 'in a couch in San Diego and you see'}, {'start': '137.040', 'end': '141.280', 'text': 'pictures from kinieros or little league'}, {'start': '139.599', 'end': '143.040', 'text': 'and then you have to ask the parents'}, {'start': '141.280', 'end': '144.480', 'text': "tell me about your son or daughter's"}, {'start': '143.040', 'end': '147.599', 'text': 'death and the impact that that had on'}, {'start': '144.480', 'end': '151.120', 'text': 'the family that that haunts you. Omari'}, {'start': '147.599', 'end': '152.959', 'text': 'know NBC7'}, {'start': '151.120', 'end': '154.800', 'text': 'Narcan is available at drugstores'}, {'start': '152.959', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'without a prescription and you can also'}, {'start': '154.800', 'end': '158.400', 'text': 'get it free through the County.'}]