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House GOP shines light on fentanyl
crisis
From the Sept 15 edition of the Washington Times
House GOP shines light on fentanyl crisis, blames open border for mounting overdose deaths
House Republicans are shining a spotlight on the fentanyl crisis, which
they said has been exacerbated by President Biden’s loose border
policies.
At a Capitol conference, the conservative Republican Study Committee
turned over the stage to parents whose children died
of fentanyl overdoses and had come to Washington to share their stories
and help lawmakers craft legislation to combat the epidemic.
12 Sheriff’s came to the Lost Voices Of Fentanyl DC Rally!
Grieving Parents Rally Against Fentanyl in Washington, DC
Washington Post Lost Voices of Fentanyl Rally Coverage
Families devastated by fentanyl deaths rally near the White House
April Babcock and Virginia Krieger both lost children to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl and have pleaded with lawmakers and officials to ramp up enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border to stop the flow of illicit drugs.
On Saturday, the mothers built a kind of wall.
Fifty banners stretched for about 400 feet, nearly spanning the width of the National Mall. They featured faces of nearly 3,500 people who lost their lives to fentanyl. Many were young, even teenagers. Some wore their high school jerseys or graduation caps. They smiled, forever frozen in time on the banners, which Babcock said represented the thousands of people who have died of opioid use.
Read the full article on the Washington Post web site (subscription may be required).
Fox News interview with Dr Nesheiwat
Fox News interview with Dr. Nesheiwat on September 17, 2022 where she discussed pill contamination, the source of fentanyl, and more.
Chad Pergram of Fox News coverage of Fentanyl WMD request
Lost voices of fentanyl: A Lake Worth Beach mother’s heartbreak
A Lake Worth Beach mother lost her daughter, Jenny, to a fentanyl overdose in April 2020, and wants the public to understand just how deadly the drug is. Watch the story from WPTV News (FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast).
Watch the story on YouTube.
WPLG Local10 coverage of DC Rally
Fentanyl protest in Washington D.C. included several families from South Florida
WASHINGTON – Several South Florida families joined a large protest in Washington D.C.
The protest, which was organized by Lost Voices of Fentanyl, took place outside the White House on Saturday.
Read the full article on the Local10 web site.
Republicans Host Parents of Fentanyl Victims
Republicans Host Parents of Fentanyl Victims: Our Children Didn’t Overdose; ‘They Were Poisoned’
Parents whose children died after unknowingly ingesting fentanyl joined House Republicans at a roundtable Thursday to tell their stories and implore Congress to act on the growing epidemic.
The parents’ resounding message at the roundtable, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and the Republican Study Committee, was that their children had been “poisoned” and that their deaths were not overdoses.
Read the full article on Breitbart News.