Since losing her son, Stephen Frank Chaplin, to a drug overdose in 2022, Fullerton resident Andree Scanlon has spent countless hours raising awareness of the epidemic of drug use and addiction. Her front yard, near Roosevelt and Amerige, is an extension of that effort.

Those who have lost loved ones to overdoses can honor them by putting a memorial ornament on the tree. There’s also a standing box at the edge of the property that offers Naloxone — a medicine that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid overdoses — as well as resources for those dealing with addiction, either directly or indirectly.

There were about 90,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States from July 2023 to July 2024, down 17 percent from the period of July 2022 to July 2023, according to the CDC. Shown here is Scanlon’s display.