SOYF Fentanyl Education – Fontana Unified School District
“As the leading cause for death among young people, it’s inevitable that fentanyl going to be in drugs. I believe that programs like the SOYF are the best way to stop further fentanyl poisoning and stop it from hurting us kids.”
- Youth Substance Use Disorder (SUD) admissions in the county increased by 23% between the 2020/21 fiscal year and the 2024/25 period.
- Fentanyl is the fastest-growing cause of death for young people statewide, contributed to over 80% all teen drug-related deaths.
- Currently losing 22 students per week nationwide to accidental fentanyl poisoning (Lack of education)
- Only 50% U.S. teens ages 13–17 consider themselves knowledgeable about fentanyl.
Since 2014, Sold Out‘s Mission is to educate, encourage, and challenge students to live a life of alcohol and drug abstinence in order to significantly lessen, if not eradicate, the number of young individuals who are dying each year from alcohol and drugs, specifically fentanyl.
SOYF’s proactive, risk mitigating, proven, online technology program leveraging school districts computer, communications, and portal system. Consisting of four (4) main pillars each of which collectively provides risk mitigating, flexible, comprehensive resources in order to educate students, parents, and school districts about the dangers of drugs (Fentanyl) and alcohol use while simultaneously encouraging drug/ alcohol abstinence https://soldouttv.com/fentanyl-education/.
https://soldouttv.com/red-ribbon-week-2026/ ( Five (5) Day Lesson Plan)
Four (4) Main Program Platforms
- School Staff Counselor Online Education Resource Platform https://soldouttv.com/counselor-preparation-packet/ (pw: counselor100)
- Adult (Parental) Online Learning Platform (Delivered through district portal) https://soldouttv.com/parental-curriculum/ (pw: parent100)
- Student in classroom Fentanyl Education Program with online follow-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IyQ_tAI9Y&t=3s
- Proactive Accountable Student Alcohol / Drug Abstinence Pledge Program https://soldouttv.com/the-sold-out-pledge/
Program Positives
- Students do not miss any significant classroom time
- No assemblies (Executed in either homeroom, PE Health, or Elective classes)
- Requires no extra work by principals or teacher / facilitators
- Provides counselors with critical online drug & alcohol prevention tools and resources
- Flexible: Student Video Presentation executed less than 15 minutes 1X during school year
- Risk Mitigation: All parents receive online Drug (Fentanyl) Alcohol Ed. by parental portal
- Technology Friendly – Staff, parents, and students learn life-saving education through their private devices, and through schools already existing communications apparatus
- Provides tools and resources for Health Department and law enforcement (SRO Program)
- Athletic Program- Serving coaches and PE / Health Teachers
- Student Feedback / Response with proven results (Executed 5/26 in 6 SFUPS High Schools)
- Meets requirement for County Opioid Settlement Funding / Cost-effective
Why this works
✓ Education is delivered in classroom consistently and at scale
✓ Outcomes are measurable and proven
✓ Privacy and security standards meet government-grade requirements
✓ This model pairs education with accountability
Bottom line
Education that is measured, verified, and delivered at scale saves lives and public resources. SOYF provides a proactive, practical, accountable prevention tool to strengthen the nation’s response to fentanyl – starting where risk is highest, and reach is greatest in public schools.
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Roman Gabriel III
Founder & CEO, Sold Out Youth Foundation
Roman Gabriel III is a national leader in school-based alcohol, drug, and fentanyl prevention education with over two decades of experience working across public schools, military installations, and community systems nationwide. Since 2012, he has led the development and deployment of one of the first researched technology-enabled fentanyl education platforms designed specifically for in-classroom use with measurable outcomes.
