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North Dakota Fentanyl Awareness Campaign (SB 2248)

Statewide fentanyl awareness effort that North Dakota's 2023 Senate Bill 2248 requires of the Department of Health and Human Services: an annual public report of fentanyl deaths, printed fentanyl awareness materials, billboards in high-traffic areas on the dangers of fentanyl, and a media and social media campaign, for the 2023-2025 biennium and after. HHS showed draft billboards to the Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee in August 2023.

Years
2023–now
Country
United States
Topic
DrugsOpioids
Asks people to
Never startRecognize
Strategy
Fear appealPolicy paired
Channel
OutdoorPrintSocial (paid)Website
Audience
General public

Evidence

NoneUnknown

No evaluation found.

Sponsor (who paid)

Credits (who made it)

Not recorded yet.

Sources

  1. ND HHS: Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee - Behavioral Health updates, 28 Aug 2023 (SB 2248 text and billboard drafts; via Wayback) sponsor · 2023
  2. ND HHS: Opioids page sponsor

Research notes

US-ND. Statutory mandate (N.D.C.C. 19-03.1-23.6, created by SB 2248, 2023). SB 2248 section 3 ties the awareness work to 'best practices' under section 3 of HB 1447, the bill that appropriated $8,000,000 from the opioid settlement fund to HHS for 2023-25; whether settlement money paid for the billboards is not stated, so no settlement sponsor is recorded. Not confirmed that the billboards and media ran, or when; no ads, vendor or tagline found online. A legislative 'Fentanyl Awareness Campaign Report' (ndlegis.gov 25.9082.01000) now returns 404. The 2023 HHS fentanyl awareness slide deck (hhs.nd.gov 8-31-awareness-fentanyl-overdose.pdf) also 404s. Discovered 2026-10-22 for #17. Procurement search 2026-10-22: USAspending FFATA subawards show North Dakota DHS's media vendor for SOR/STR-funded campaigns was Flint Communications (RFP #325-18-810-003; media services and 'enhancement of the Speak Volumes campaign through media creative and placement', USD 1.4M across 2018-2020). Possible vendor for the 2023 SB 2248 campaign: Flint Communications; no later award found. The SB 2248 fiscal note shows the Senate's USD 1.5M fentanyl-awareness line was removed by the House.

Record cases/nd-fentanyl-awareness-campaign.json, updated 2026-10-22· Link to this campaign