gathered right here, just steps away from the legislature, not just to ask for more resources, but also to let people struggling know that they're not alone. >> Jeanette Ingraham carries her daughter Dakota's memory everywhere she goes. So she had such a bright smile that would just light up any room she came into and she had a beautiful future ahead of her. >> A future cut short. >> What started with Xanax for anxiety. At 19, she turned into a heroin addiction. >> At age 22, someone gave her pure fentanyl without her knowing, and she passed away for Jeanette, those what ifs never go away. I think I didn't know how to help her and I feel a lot of times like I abandoned her in her time of need. It's why she fights to raise awareness. >> In the past two decades, 36,000 North Carolinians have died from overdoses. Chandler Pico was almost one of them. They truly intense experience. It was traumatic, definitely. And it was eye opening. You know, having a paramedic shine a light in your eye asking, are you okay? You know, it's going to be okay. Buddy was truly it was a true wake up call. Pico says that wake up call finally prompted him to go into recovery. I struggled, um, since I was a young kid, you know, and it just continued on from there and it snowballed and I needed outside help and intervention. In addition to more outpatient and treatment centers, they also want to see more life saving Narcan. Richard Smith with Healing Transitions, carries it everywhere, and he finds himself responding to more and more calls any given day, we can have anywhere from two to 8 to 10 people on that report, and those are just the documented overdoses. Naloxone has now been approved to have on hand in every Wake County School, and it's easy to use use the thumb finger, press it in the nostril. >> But above all, for anyone struggling, it's about knowing that help is always there. >> Their loved they're worthy and that they do have people that are care for them in Raleigh. Tom George, ABC 11 Eyewitness News. >> And so if you or anyone you know is struggling with a drug addiction, you can always call the substance abuse and Mental Health Services Administration hotline for help. The number is listed there on your screen.