Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina
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Roy Gronberg of the Henderson Dispatch covered the Rise Up Rally and published this article. The orginal appears on the Henderson Dispatch web site however requires a subscription for access. It can also be read on Yahoo.
Since it went into effect late in 2019, authorities in the Tri-County region have lodged death-by-distribution charges seven times against people they believe sold drugs to people who later died of an overdose.
Aug. 22—RALEIGH — Each year, the number of fentanyl deaths in North Carolina — from 442 in 2016 to 3,163 in 2021, according to the N.C. Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
Some citizens have begun to rise up against fentanyl. Organizations from across the state gathered in Raleigh to commemorate the first annual National Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention Day on Sunday, Aug. 21, in an event called the “Rise Up Rally,” said organizer Patricia Drewes.
Tyler Davis of the Henderson Dispatch covered the Rise Up Rally and published this article. The orginal appears on the Henderson Dispatch web site however requires a subscription for access.
| Date & Time: | Sunday, August 21, 2022, 2-4pm, Rain or Shine |
| Where: | NC State Capitol Building Grounds, South Side, Morgan Street facing Fayetteville Street |
| Parking: | Free street parking and paid parking in municipal lots |
| Rules: | No signs on sticks/poles, no drones, no firearms/weapons, no climbing trees/walls/statues |
| Attendees: | Fentanyl Victim’s Families, Media, Elected Officials, Law Enforcement, Recovery Providers, Educators, Advocates, and the Public |
| Organized by: | Patricia Drewes, Co-Founder, Forgotten Victims of Vance, Granville, Franklin, and Warren Counties, NC Author: Death of America’s Future: China’s Fentanyl How to order book: https://heavenssake.square.site/ Phone: 252-204-9611 Email: forgottenvictimsVGFWnc@yahoo.com FB page: Forgotten Victims of Vance, Granville, Franklin, and Warren Counties |
“Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever faced,” states Anne Milgram, Administrator, US Drug Enforcement Agency. “Fentanyl is everywhere. No community is safe from this poison.”