Darcy Patterson, Waking up Nevada to Confront Drug Addiction in Her Late Daughter's Name
Our Town Reno
English - August 16, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPersonal Journals Society & Culture Government reno nevada homeless streets affordable housing homelessness poverty Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This episode was recorded inside Darcy Patterson’s home where she keeps photos, souvenirs and mementoes related to her daughter Kirsten, who died of a drug overdose alone in her car in Idlewild Park in 2017 while she was in high school in Reno.
This death spurred Patterson to be an advocate for opioid awareness. She now leads Wake up Nevada which has been distributing Narcan and Fentanyl test strips to the community.