SOYF Fentanyl Education – State of Florida
“Sold Out has some incredible materials, your curriculum and implementation package are a testimony to the industry and it was inspiring to review.”
- Fentanyl remains the leading cause of drug-related deaths among young people in Florida (CDC)
- FL Teens the largest percentage increase in accidental overdoses due to fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills
- 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 SOYF Program Platforms
- Staff Counselor Online Education Resource https://soldouttv.com/counselor-preparation-packet/ (pw:counselor100)
- Parental Online Learning Platform (district portal) https://soldouttv.com/parental-curriculum/ (pw: parent100)
- Student Education in classroom Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IyQ_tAI9Y&t=3
- Student Alcohol / Drug Abstinence Pledge Program https://soldouttv.com/the-sold-out-pledge
Program Positives
- Proven proactive approach that mitigates risk to school district by engaging students directly
- 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 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, students access life-saving education on their devices
- Athletic Program- Serving coaches and PE / Health Teachers
- 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.
