A Keizer nonprofit is offering free overdose prevention training for teens and parents on Sunday, Sept. 27.

Radness Ensues, a youth community center at 3837 River Rd. N. in Keizer, is hosting the fentanyl awareness event from 2 to 5 p.m. The center organized the event with Fentanyl Free Oregon and Community Medical Services, Salem Reporter first reported.

The event targets students in grades 7 through 12 and their parents. Attendees will learn how to recognize the signs of an overdose and how to respond, along with education about substance use, according to Salem Reporter. Founded in 2023 and open to the public since 2024, Radness Ensues operates as a sober, all-ages community space.

No registration fee is required.

Oregon recorded 1,544 drug overdose deaths statewide in 2024, down from 1,833 in 2023, according to the Oregon Health Authority. That was the first year-over-year decline since 2016. Preliminary data show roughly 1,100 deaths in 2025.

More than 90% of Oregon's 2024 overdose deaths involved fentanyl, methamphetamine or some combination of both. Hospitals recorded 4,193 overdose-related inpatient stays and 10,365 emergency room visits that year, not counting overdoses reversed in the community with naloxone.

In Marion County specifically, Salem Reporter noted that dozens of residents died of opioid overdoses last year, though an exact county-level figure was not published.

John W. McIlveen, Oregon's State Opioid Treatment Authority, said in a May statement that fentanyl and methamphetamine remain involved in most deaths and that continued collaboration is critical to sustaining progress.

Community Medical Services, one of the event's partners, runs an opioid addiction treatment clinic in Salem. Anyone experiencing a substance use crisis can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.