2026 Fentanyl Forum

WHEN

May 5, 2026
8:00 am
4:15 pm

WHERE

Desert Willow Conference Center

4340 East Cotton Center Boulevard

Phoenix, AZ 85040

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys’ Advisory Council are pleased to announce the 2026 Fentanyl Forum. This conference is intended for a multidisciplinary audience and will highlight the medical, investigative, prosecutorial, and community collaboration approaches to addressing the fentanyl crisis.

Topics include:

 

  • Drug Cartel Update
  • Redesigning Addiction Care in Arizona
  • Public Health Meets Public Safety
  • Youth At Risk—From Exposure to Intervention
  • Social Media and Prevention Campaigns
  • Prosecuting Fentanyl Cases
  • Strategies & Tools for Law Enforcement
  • Current Street Trends

Registration is free. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Seating is limited, so register today to join us as we come together to learn, to share, and to move forward in Arizona’s fight against fentanyl.

 

Neither the Arizona Attorney General's Office nor the Arizona Prosecuting Attorneys' Advisory Council is providing funding regarding travel related expenses related to attending the Fentanyl Forum.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Laura Marquez-Garrett

Attorney | Social Media Victims Law Center

 

Laura Marquez-Garrett is a 2002 Harvard Law School graduate and spent the first twenty-years of their career in Big Law, overseeing complex litigation matters and specializing in electronic evidence and forensic investigation. In January of 2022, Laura left a predominantly defense-oriented practice to join the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) to contribute to the Center’s mission of change and holding social media companies accountable for the harms they are causing to children and families. Laura has since filed more than 1,200 complaints against tech companies in state and federal courts across the country. Laura has spoken out about social media and AI harms to multiple major news organizations, on live broadcasts such as Democracy Now! (Part I and Part II) and podcasts such as Your Undivided AttentionScrolling 2 Death, and Legal4Tech, at events like The Mothers Against Media Addiction Expert Insight Series, panels including the 2024 Aspen Ideas Festival and The Washington Post Global Women’s Summit 2024, and in the documentary released in April 2025, Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media. Laura also spoke at a House Energy & Commerce Committee Roundtable on the Dangers of Big Tech and the Fentanyl Poisoning Crisis; authored an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Blade in support of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA); has met with hundreds of children and families, tech industry experts, and law enforcement and analyzed social media data across all major platforms; serves as a member of the Fairplay Board of Directors and Phone-Free Schools Movement's Advisory Board; and is actively involved in efforts across the globe to force change and hold tech companies accountable for the harms they are causing children as a matter of intentional platform design.

 
 

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Event Information

Event Date 05-05-2026 8:00 am
Event End Date 05-05-2026 4:00 pm
Capacity 55
Cut off date 04-28-2026 12:00 pm
Individual Price Free
Location Desert Willow Conference Center

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