97.1 KNX News has scheduled a live town hall event on Tuesday, November 29th on the subject of the fentanyl crisis in Los Angeles.
According to the station, fentanyl killed more than 1,600 people in Los Angeles County alone in the last year, with warnings from both local and federal officials about the crisis.
Deadly High: Teens and Fentanyl will be a one-hour event inside the Auadacy SoundSpace and will air at 5:00 PM PT.
Panelists for the special include the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, an addiction medicine specialist and Harvard Medical School Professor, the lead detective for fentanyl investigations from the LAPD, and the mother of a teenager who died from a fentanyl overdoes.
In addition to being heard on 97.1 FM and 1070 AM, the special can also be heard on the Audacy app. A video stream will also be available on KNXNews.com.
“There is no issue more pressing for the communities we serve,” said Audacy Southern California Regional President Jeff Federman. “Fentanyl is killing our kids, and we want to use our agenda-setting KNX News platform to make sure teens and parents are aware of the dangers.”
