Greeley, Colorado / 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Is trying
worth dying?

Jaydynn was 16. The first and only time she ever tried a pill, she took half of one. It was counterfeit, and it contained illicit fentanyl. She did not overdose — she was poisoned. There is no safe amount, and there is no safe first time.

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Jaydynn, smiling outdoors in a navy sweater

A few white grains of fentanyl beside a one-cent coin — 2 milligrams of fentanyl beside a penny. A potentially lethal dose for an adult. Source: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

One pill can kill

It only takes
one time.

Two milligrams — a few grains of salt — can stop a person's breathing. Counterfeit pills are pressed to look exactly like Percocet, Xanax and Adderall, sold through social media, and delivered in minutes.

The children taking them are not addicts. They are teenagers who believe they know what they are swallowing. Jaydynn had never taken a pill before the one that killed her.

See what a lethal dose looks like

Data sheet / 2025–2026

Nationally the numbers fell. In Colorado they rose.

Overdose deaths dropped across most of the country in 2025. Colorado moved the other way for the second time in three years.

Coloradans died of drug poisoning in 2025 — up from 1,640 the year before.

CDPHE, preliminary

A few grains of salt. Enough fentanyl to kill an adult who has no tolerance.

DEA

Of pills the DEA tests for fentanyl contain at least 2 mg — a potentially lethal dose.

DEA lab testing

Fentanyl doses seized in Colorado in 2025, up from 5.8 million in 2024.

DEA

Who she was

Jaydynn

Spunky, sassy, smiley. Sixteen years old. She loved to sing, to dance, and to hug like nobody's business — a free spirit who somehow always seemed to be everywhere at once.

She was a daughter, a sister, a granddaughter, a niece, a cousin, and a friend to so many. Her striking blue eyes showed the light within her, and it got brighter through her smile the moment she walked into a room.

Read her story

Jaydynn beside a school mural reading Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious

Your donation matters

Every dollar goes into warning somebody else's child.

We are a volunteer-run 501(c)(3). Donations fund awareness materials, school and community education, and support for families who have lost a child the way we lost Jaydynn.

Extends our outreach so one more family finds us before it is too late.

$25

Prints a run of warning cards for a school, a clinic or a community event.

$100

Puts a fentanyl-awareness presentation in front of a room full of students.

$250

Helps us reach a grieving family in the first week, when it matters most.

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For parents and educators

Know it before it kills somebody you love

Documentary

The Void

Death delivered to your doorstep. A free, copyright-cleared film on how fentanyl reaches teenagers through social media. If you watch nothing else, watch this.

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Documentary

Devastated

Steffan Tubbs' film on Colorado's fentanyl disaster. Jaydynn's family tells her story as part of it.

Watch →

Parent guide

The emoji code

Dealers and teens use emoji to order drugs on Snapchat and Telegram. Learn the icons on your child's phone tonight.

See the chart →

In the news

All coverage →

04 March 2024

Our story joins the documentary Devastated: Colorado's Fentanyl Disaster

Members of Jaydynn's family appear in the film about Colorado's fentanyl crisis.

16 August 2023

Greeley Tribune covers the annual Light Up fundraiser

Morgan McKenzie writes up our second annual Light Up event.

26 July 2023

Steffan Tubbs Radio Show interview

Recorded two years to the day after we lost Jaydynn.

Resources / Awareness and prevention

One pill can kill

Deceptive drugs made of fentanyl are killing young people across America. It arrives through counterfeit pills, cocaine and any other street drug you can name — sold anonymously through social media and delivered within minutes. Learn about it now, before it kills you or someone you love.

What a deadly dose looks like

Fentanyl grains beside a penny — Two milligrams of fentanyl next to a one-cent coin. For most people this is a lethal dose.

A lethal dose of fentanyl on the tip of a pencil — The amount that fits on a pencil tip. That is all it can take. Image: DEA.

By the numbers

100×
More potent than morphine.

.02–5.1 mg
The range DEA has found in a single counterfeit tablet — up to twice a lethal dose.

500,000
People one kilogram of fentanyl could kill.

DEA — One Pill Can Kill →

Which one of these would kill you?

Both faces of two tablets. One came from a pharmacy. One was pressed in a clandestine lab and carries a dose of fentanyl that can stop your breathing. Look as long as you like, then accept that on a kitchen counter, in a dim room, from a friend — you could not tell. Neither could Jaydynn.

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Genuine

Counterfeit

Genuine — Mallinckrodt oxycodone 30 mg

Counterfeit — pressed with fentanyl

Comparison photographs from the DEA's One Pill Can Kill campaign. dea.gov/onepill

The substance

What is illicit fentanyl?

Illicit fentanyl and its analogues are extremely dangerous synthetic opioids with high abuse potential and severe effects including coma and death. They are used as adulterants in street heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, or sold as heroin substitutes to users who have no idea what they are taking.

Fentanyl has also been identified in counterfeit medicines pressed to look like oxycodone, hydrocodone and alprazolam — and in speedball mixtures with cocaine and other stimulants.

An eye shedding a tear filled with pills

Facts about counterfeit pills

Criminal drug networks mass-produce fake pills and market them as legitimate prescriptions to deceive the public.

They are easy to buy, widely available, frequently contain fentanyl or methamphetamine, and can be deadly.

They are sold openly on social media and e-commerce platforms — available to anyone with a smartphone, including minors.

Many are made to look like OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Xanax or Adderall. You cannot tell by looking.

Download the DEA fact sheet Operation Prevention for schools

For parents — tonight

Know the icons your child is using

Dealers and teens use emoji to name and order specific drugs on social platforms, then have them delivered to the door. The chart shows the icons in use.

Check your child's phone even though they will hate it. Know who they are talking to. If they use an app that deletes or encrypts messages after they are sent — Snapchat, Telegram — we strongly suggest it comes off the phone.

Start the conversation

You cannot buy a legitimate pharmaceutical on social media. Not one. Tell your child that sentence tonight.

DEA chart of emoji codes used to buy and sell drugs on social media