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You Can (Save a Life)

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 public
People 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)

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Executions (individual ads)

Related campaigns

Sources

  1. HRiA: You Can Save a Life sponsor · 2024
  2. You Can campaign site (youcan.info) sponsor
  3. Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse: Opioids materials (You Can posters, postcard, brochure) archive
  4. 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