SAN FRANCISCO - A Bay Area mother is handing out free naloxone and training strangers how to use it to combat overdose deaths to commemorate International Overdose Awareness Day.

A grieving mother

Michelle Leopold’s 18-year-old son died after he overdosed on fentanyl in 2019, before Narcan was accessible.

Every August, Leopold hosts events outside her hardware stores all over the Bay Area, raising awareness about drug overdoses in collaboration with nonprofit and government organizations.

She became an advocate when her son, Trevor, overdosed in a dorm room at Sonoma State University after taking a lethal amount of fentanyl.

"The person in his room heard gurgling, did not know that was a sign of overdose, he thought he was snoring," she said.

Education and prevention

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