In The News – Avengers superhero talks straight to Incline students about opioids
September 28, 2024 | Member Submitted
Originally Published in the Tahoe Daily Tribune, 09/27/2024, Written by Brenna O’Boyle
RENO, Nev. – Hawkeye, the bow-and-arrow-wielding superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers films, spoke to more than 700 Washoe County and Douglas County school districts’ middle and high schoolers Tuesday about deadly drugs.
“This is a real talk, OK?” said Avengers superhero Jeremy Renner at the Northern Nevada Opioid Youth Summit at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno. “I’m not just a guy on the screen as an actor that plays a superhero, right? I’m not just that. I have a brother, a son. I’m a father, and a man that died a year and a half ago. And I had to overcome a lot of obstacles and adversity.”
Renner told the youth summit that included 50 Incline Middle School and Incline High School students.
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