![]() The Foundation has participated in the annual Frank Shorter RACE4Kids' Health 5K for the past three years and provides drug education materials free of charge to parents, children, teachers, mentors, community groups and anyone wishing to ensure the healthy future of today’s kids and to take effective action to save lives. Altogether, drug overdoses probably killed more people last year than car crashes, according to preliminary numbers.” “Altogether,ĭrug overdoses probably killed more people last year than car crashes, according to preliminary numbers.”ĭetermined to reach kids before they begin experimenting with drugs, ![]() Deaths from heroin and cocaine remained well above where they were just two years ago. What had been seen as a hopeful downturn in deaths from opioid painkillers reversed. The importance of drug education and prevention is highlighted by the news reported in the Denver PostApril 4 that more Coloradans died of drug overdoses last year than any year in the state’s history: “The opioid epidemic morphed into a broader overdose crisis,” writes reporter John Ingold. The starting line of the 9th Annual Frank Shorter RACE4Kids' Health 5K (image from allevents.in)
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