Carolina Journalโ€™s Donna King discusses N.C. parents raising concerns about fentanyl

Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses N.C. parentsโ€™ participation in a Washington, D.C, rally about the dangers of fentanyl. King offered these comments during the Sept. 23, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolinaโ€™sย โ€œFront Row with Marc Rotterman.โ€

Sen. Chuck Schumer wants $290M to help fight deadly โ€˜rainbow fentanylโ€™

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday he wants almost $300 million in federal funding to fight โ€œrainbow fentanylโ€ โ€” highly-addictive pills that look like candy and could have a devastating effect on young people.

The $290 million in funds would be used to sustain 61 Overdose Response Strategy teams that would help try to curb fentanyl, including the new โ€œrainbowโ€ kind, the New York Democrat said at a press conference.

โ€œThis is fentanyl, this is a Sweetart โ€” you tell me the difference,โ€ Schumer said while holding up pictures of both the deadly pills and the tangy sweets. โ€œHalloween is coming upโ€ฆ this is really worrisome and really dangerous.โ€

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Republicans Host Parents of Fentanyl Victims

Republicans Host Parents of Fentanyl Victims: Our Children Didnโ€™t Overdose; โ€˜They Were Poisonedโ€™

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 parentsโ€™ resounding message at the roundtable, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and the Republican Study Committee, was that their children had been โ€œpoisonedโ€ and that their deaths were not overdoses.

Read the full article on Breitbart News.

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