FACTS Act

H.R. 5625, known as the Fentanyl Awareness for Children and Teens in Schools (FACTS) Act, aims to prevent synthetic opioid overdoses among youth by expanding education and resources in public schools. The bill would provide federal funding to help schools partner with public health agencies and nonprofit organizations to teach students about the dangers of fentanyl and counterfeit pills.

For students and families, this legislation would increase access to life-saving overdose reversal medications like naloxone on school grounds and establish a federal task force to improve data collection on how the opioid crisis affects young people. By replicating successful local education programs nationwide, the bill seeks to provide teenagers with the information they need to avoid accidental poisonings and make safer choices.