LIVINGSTON - "One pill can kill" is the message Tim Henderson and several others involved in the program with the same name are trying to communicate to those who may come in contact with opioids in Livingston Parish.

Over the last year, Henderson and his son have held presentations at the Livingston Parish Detention Center and several high schools across the parish.

"And they're exposed to a whole lot more, as you know, because of social media, and we try to let them know that people can entice you, people could offer you pills. We tell them about the illicit pills out here; we tell them how, even with marijuana, they are lacing it with Fentanyl," Henderson said.

With the help of those presentations, several different types of community campaigns, and helping those in need of treatment and recovery, program leaders say they are seeing some positive results.

"Ultimately, our goal is simple: to save lives, strengthen families, and provide pathways to recovery, and also make it easy for the people of Livingston Parish to find help before, during, and after a crisis," Opioid Director with the Livingston Parish Government, Glenn Lemoine said during Thursday night's council meeting.

According to a chart provided by program leaders, there was a total of 1,291 opioid related deaths in 2025; as of August of this year, that number is down to 860.

The total number of opioid overdose deaths in 2025 was 25; so far this year, it sits at 15.

"The programs are working. Here in Livingston Parish, we see that we are having a lot of positive results, so we're really happy with the direction we are headed right now," Henderson said.

This week, the Drug Enforcement Administration New Orleans Field Division put out an alert for those living on the North Shore about a deadly group of synthetic opioids after what the DEA says was a recent surge in fatal overdoses.

But numbers from the Tangipahoa Parish Coroner's Office show that, as of this month, they are still down in the number of opioid overdose deaths compared to the total last year.