Education

Bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici could spread nationwide the work by the Beaverton School District and others to warn students about the dangers of fentanyl, a powerful drug that often masquerades in fake prescription pills.

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to replicate a Beaverton fentanyl awareness program in schools across the country.

If passed, the Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools (FACTS) Act would replicate local education programs — including one in Beaverton — that have successfully curbed student deaths from synthetic opioid overdoses.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici wants to see school districts across the country have a fentanyl awareness curriculum that will help children and youth avoid the lethal, addictive drug that is cheap and easy to find.