Billboards Raising Awareness for Fentanyl Overdoses coming to Knoxville

Rachel’s Angels is bringing two billboards to Knoxville in the midst of a nationwide campaign to stop drug overdoses. (Courtesy: WVLT)

Billboards Raising Awareness for Fentanyl Overdoses coming to Knoxville

Posted on September 26, 2023
Rachel’s Angels is bringing two billboards to Knoxville in the midst of a nationwide campaign to stop drug overdoses. (Courtesy: WVLT)

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Billboards warning of the dangers of drugs like fentanyl are coming to Knoxville.

Statewide data shows the alarming trend of increases in overdose deaths involving fentanyl; now, Ohio-based activist group Rachel’s Angels is helping raise awareness of it’s dangers here in East Tennessee.

Founded in 2017, Rachel’s Angels has been putting up billboards around the country for the last several years from California to Kentucky. Coming this December, one will be on Clinton Highway and another on East Central Street in Knoxville.

If you’d like to donate to help Rachel’s Angels continue to fundraise so they can put more billboards up, you can go to their website.

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Billboards Raising Awareness for Fentanyl Overdoses coming to Knoxville

Rachel’s Angels is bringing two billboards to Knoxville in the midst of a nationwide campaign to stop drug overdoses. (Courtesy: WVLT)

Billboards Raising Awareness for Fentanyl Overdoses coming to Knoxville

Posted on September 26, 2023 by rtravers • 0 Comments
Rachel’s Angels is bringing two billboards to Knoxville in the midst of a nationwide campaign to stop drug overdoses. (Courtesy: WVLT)

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Billboards warning of the dangers of drugs like fentanyl are coming to Knoxville.

Statewide data shows the alarming trend of increases in overdose deaths involving fentanyl; now, Ohio-based activist group Rachel’s Angels is helping raise awareness of it’s dangers here in East Tennessee.

Founded in 2017, Rachel’s Angels has been putting up billboards around the country for the last several years from California to Kentucky. Coming this December, one will be on Clinton Highway and another on East Central Street in Knoxville.

If you’d like to donate to help Rachel’s Angels continue to fundraise so they can put more billboards up, you can go to their website.