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Also: You Can Save a Life · youcan.info
“Reverse an overdose. Save a life.”
Massachusetts Department of Public Health harm-reduction campaign (US-MA), run by Health Resources in Action and launched by March 2024, that teaches people how to recognize and reverse an overdose with naloxone and rescue breathing, test drugs for fentanyl, and use safer-use practices, with free naloxone by mail from youcan.info.
- Years
- 2024–now
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- DrugsHarm reductionOpioids
- Asks people to
- RecognizeStart
- Strategy
- Self efficacySimple instructionTestimonial
- Channel
- EventsPrintSocial (organic)Website
- Audience
- AdultsGeneral publicPeople who use drugs (including cocaine users, for fentanyl test strips), their friends and families; English and Spanish (with Portuguese print versions).
Evidence
NoneUnknown
No outcome evaluation found. The site asks overdose witnesses to fill out an anonymous DPH survey.
Sponsor (who paid)
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services State local government, funder
- Health Resources in Action (HRiA) NGO, implementer (launched and runs the campaign)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (through MA DPH) Federal government, funder
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
Executions (individual ads)
- Get to know Jules website · youtube
- Get to know Damon website · youtube
- Get to know Berto website · youtube
- Get to know Luis website · youtube
- Get to know Janice website · youtube
- Get to know Jules (site version) website · youtube
- Get to know Damon (site version) website · youtube
- Get to know Berto (site version) website · youtube
- Get to know Luis (site version) website · youtube
- Get to know Janice (site version) website · youtube
- Narcan and Rescue Breaths: 15s website · youtube
- Video: Who is at risk for an overdose? website · youtube
- Video: Fentanyl is increasing overdoses website · youtube
- Video: How to prevent an overdose? website · youtube
- Video: Signs of an overdose and how to respond website · youtube
- Video: How to respond to an overdose website · youtube
- Video: How to perform rescue breathing website · youtube
- Video: How to get and administer Narcan website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 01 SPN - Who is at risk for an overdose? website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 02 SPN - Fentanyl is increasing overdoses website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 03 SPN - How to prevent an overdose? website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 04 SPN - Signs of an overdose and how to respond website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 05 SPN - How to respond to an overdose website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 06 SPN - How to perform rescue breathing website · youtube
- You Can Explainer Video 07 SPN - How to get and administer Narcan website · youtube
- You Can Save a Life with Narcan - Jules poster (multiple languages) print · sponsor-site
- You Can Save a Life with Narcan - Damon poster (multiple languages) print · sponsor-site
- You Can - This Poster Could Save Your Life (fentanyl test strips, multiple languages) print · sponsor-site
- You Can - Respond to an Overdose postcard print · sponsor-site
- You Can Fentanyl Test pocket brochure print · sponsor-site
Related campaigns
- Stop an Overdose with Narcan 2020–now
- #StateWithoutStigMA 2015–now
Sources
- HRiA: You Can Save a Life sponsor · 2024
- You Can campaign site (youcan.info) sponsor
- Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse: Opioids materials (You Can posters, postcard, brochure) archive
- Town of Sharon: Community Naloxone Program (free Narcan by mail through You Can, funded by MA DPH) reference
Research notes
US-MA. Discovered 2026-10-22 for #17. HRiA page (9 Apr 2024) says HRiA 'recently launched' the campaign, 'Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (through the MA Department of Public Health)', with storytelling videos, fentanyl test strip distribution, BeHERE overdose training and a Safe Spot partnership; promotional week from 4 March 2024. HRiA is recorded as an implementing sponsor, not an agency credit. Unverified (no page found that credits an outside creative or media agency). No paid-media buy or settlement funding found. Execution YouTube ids were taken from the youcan.info site code and confirmed via YouTube oEmbed (all on the HRiA channel); upload years not checked. Clearinghouse material includes a 'This Coaster Could Save Your Life' coaster, suggesting bar placements (not confirmed). Possibly the 'Night Life' campaign for occasional drug users that DPH said it planned in December 2023 (WBUR, 13 Dec 2023); not confirmed. Ad library search: "You Can Save a Life", "youcan.info", "Health Resources in Action". Reuse terms checked 2026-10-23 by an AI research pass for #47; not yet reviewed by a person.
Record cases/ma-you-can-save-a-life.json, updated 2026-10-23· Link to this campaign