Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina
Stronger Together! Grassroots campaign against illicit fentanyl in NC IRS recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity EIN: 88-3921380
Fentvic Meetup #7 for Vance & Adjacent Counties NC (open to the public)
| Date | Sunday, November 5, from 2-4PM |
| Location | Pentecostal Holiness Church 621 US-158 Bypass Henderson NC 27536 |
FENTVIC.ORG is pleased to host:
FIGHT ILLICIT FENTANYL CAMPAIGN, NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC
10/8-22/2023 Public Safety Digital Billboard Campaign
10/14/23 Family Summit on Fentanyl Fatalities in NC: Public Safety & Justice Conference
DETAILS
10:30-3:30. Private Event for NC Fentanyl Victim Families & Press who pre-register. Separate press release to be issued.
PURPOSE:
CONTACT
Locations: 6 Public Safety Billboards in New Hanover County
NC Fentanyl Victim Families invite the public to join as they Rise Up Against Fentanyl at the
| FENTANYL VICTIMS NETWORK of NC Barb Walsh, Executive Director barb@fentvic.org 919-614-3830 website: fentvic.org 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit EIN #88-3921380 | FORGOTTEN VICTIMS of NORTH CAROLINA Patricia Drewes, Founder patriciadrewes@yahoo.com 252-204-9611 FB page link: http://forgottenvictimsofnc.org/ |
“They need to get deadly fentanyl off of our streets,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “We can do more to hold accountable drug traffickers and keep the people of North Carolina safe. I’ll do everything in my power to rid our state of this scourge.”
For more extensive press release email request to barb@fentvic.org
May 29-June 26, 2023, 24/7, digital and illuminated.
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County NC, 2 locations
Purpose is to raise awareness of the 13,376 NC victims of illicit fentanyl poisonings and to generate public safety conversations within communities and families about the dangers of illicit fentanyl, particularly counterfeit pills. Illicit fentanyl killed over 523 Forsyth County residents in the past 9 years, 2013-August 2022. (source: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics Death Certificate Data)
These are the first billboards of the FENTVIC.ORG Campaign. They feature 19 NC illicit fentanyl poisoning victims with permission of their families. The campaign will run in other cities throughout NC exclusively featuring NC illicit fentanyl poisoning victims. Future campaign locations and dates TBD.
FENTVIC.ORG NC BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN
Administered by Fentanyl Victims Network of NC (fentvic), www.fentvic.org,
Barb Walsh, Executive Director, 919-614-3830, barb@fentvic.org. Fentvic is a charitable nonprofit located in Cary NC. EIN #88-3921380. Fentvic fights illicit fentanyl in NC. Fentvic advocates for public safety for all and justice for NC families permanently damaged by illicit fentanyl poisonings.
In partnership with Forgotten Victims of NC, Patricia Drewes, Founder, 252-204-9611, patriciadrewes@yahoo.com, link to FB page: http://forgottenvictimsofnc.org/
Campaign Locations & Artwork developed Adams Outdoor Advertising, Julie Belnap, Account Executive,336-926-3850 (cell), jbelnap@adamsoutdoor.com
FENTVIC.ORG NC BILLBOARD CAMPAIGN: 2 locations in Winston Salem, Forsyth County
Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina and Forgotten Victims of North Carolina are hosting a Family Summit on Fentanyl on Saturday, March 4, 2023. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is the keynote speaker.
Attorney General Josh Stein will be the keynote speaker at a “Family Summit on Illicit Fentanyl Fatalities in North Carolina” this Saturday.
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid used to manage pain that has become popular in the illicit drug market, is a scourge in North Carolina and across the country, responsible for more than 13,000 deaths in the Old North State over the past nine years.
The gathering is a private event. Stein, who is running for governor, will speak alongside people who have lost loved ones to fentanyl overdoses, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration official and other law enforcement officials. Stein goes on at 12:40, but the event runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the McKimmon Conference Center in Raleigh.
Stein recently asked the legislature for money so he could create a Fentanyl Control Unit. The special group within the North Carolina Department of Justice’s Special Prosecutions and Law Enforcement Section would help local prosecutors handle big trafficking, wiretap and overdose cases. Special prosecutors with the state’s Department of Justice have previously prosecuted drug traffickers, distributors and dealers.
“Fentanyl is deadly and highly addictive,” Stein said in a statement. “Even as we interdict more fentanyl at the border than ever before, too many North Carolinians overdose from fentanyl and are dying. We must hold those who peddle this poison accountable and take them off our streets. I look forward to working with leaders in the legislature to strengthen our state’s ability to prosecute these cases and save lives.”
More than 70,000 Americans died of a fentanyl overdose in 2021.
Stein is the only state official listed on the summit’s agenda — other speakers include Harnett County Sheriff Wayne Coats and Harnett and Lee County District Attorney Suzanne Matthews — but addressing fentanyl overdoses has become a bipartisan affair as the number of people die from overdoses continues to increase each year. The legislature is considering a number of bills that would increase prison sentences and fines for people who traffic fentanyl and broaden the state’s “death by distribution” law, which allows people who deal drugs to be charged with second-degree murder if the drugs they sold resulted in a person’s death.
Progressives in states like New Jersey have expressed concern that more punitive drug laws would mean more people struggling with addiction would end up in jail. Others have warned enacting harsher punishments for fentanyl could be the next phase of the War on Drugs, undermining efforts to reform the criminal justice system.
According to a press release for the event, the summit’s goals are to support victims’ families, investigate and prosecute fentanyl dealers and suppliers, develop a training model for prosecutors to uniformly prosecute fentanyl homicides using laws already on the books. They will also advocate for putting Narcan in every school in the state and equipping all police with Naloxone, which quickly reverses overdoses.
Read the original article on the NC Policy Watch web site.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States.
As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2 million fentanyl pills and approximately 980 pounds of fentanyl powder during the period of May 23 through Sept. 8, 2022. The amount of fentanyl taken off the streets during this surge is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were seized, including rifles, shotguns, pistols, and hand grenades.
Read the full article on the DEA web site.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — A group of sheriffs from around the country – including several who just visited the border – will hold a press conference on Friday, September 16, at 10:00 a.m. E.T. They will be accompanied by Congressman Chip Roy (R-TX), Congressman Michael Cloud (R-TX), as well as fentanyl activist Virginia Krieger.
Read the full media advisory on the PR Newswire web site.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 14th, 2022
CONTACT: Buckley Carlson, 202-904-0296
ADVISORY: Chairman Banks Hosts Press Conference Following Roundtable on Deadly Fentanyl Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks will hold a press conference Thursday, September 15th at 3:15pm ET at the House Triangle following a roundtable with members of RSC, parents who have lost children to fentanyl and other constituents harmed by the opioid crisis.
WHAT: RSC Chairman Jim Banks, RSC members, constituents harmed by the opioid crisis, and parents who have lost children to fentanyl will be discussing the flow of narcotics across our southern border, stronger penalties for drug traffickers, and legislative solutions to help curb the worsening synthetic opioid crisis.
WHO:
RSC Members
1 Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (IN)
2 Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA)
3 Rep. Brian Babin (TX)
4 Rep. Kat Cammack (FL)
5 Rep. Byron Donalds (FL)
6 Rep. Pete Stauber (MN)
7 Rep. Lisa McClain (MI)
8 Rep. Mike Carey (OH)
9 Rep. Chip Roy (TX)
10 Rep. Tim Burchett (TN)
11 Rep. Scott DesJarlais (TN)
12 Rep. Greg Pence (IN)
13 Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR)
Guest Speakers
1 Lori and Dean Ashenfelder Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
2 Theresa Juillerat Fort Wayne, Indiana
3 Nate Moellering Fort Wayne, Indiana
4 April Babcock Dundalk, Maryland
5 Patricia Drewes Oxford, North Carolina
6 Brandi Shepherd Warsaw, Indiana
7 Wendy Thomas Sanford, North Carolina
8 Rebecca Deyloff Gainesville, Florida
WHEN: Thursday, September 15th, 2022 at 3:15 pm ET
WHERE: House Triangle
All members of the media planning to attend must RSVP to Buckley.Carlson@mail.house.gov and Jessica.Weiner@mail.house.gov.
Jessica Weiner
Press Secretary
Republican Study Committee | Chairman Jim Banks
| 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.”