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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.

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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.

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Sheriffs Press Conference on Upcoming Rally to Stop Fentanyl Poisonings

Media Advisory: Sheriffs Press Conference on Biden Border Crisis, Upcoming Rally to Stop Fentanyl Poisonings

WASHINGTON,ย Sept. 15, 2022ย /PRNewswire/ — A group of sheriffs from around the country โ€“ including several who just visited the border โ€“ will hold a press conference onย Friday, September 16, atย 10:00 a.m. E.T.ย They will be accompanied by Congressmanย Chip Royย (R-TX), Congressmanย Michael Cloudย (R-TX), as well as fentanyl activistย Virginia Krieger.

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Fentanyl in Disguise

Fentanyl in disguise: Expert calls deadly opioid’s presence a ‘slow-motion chemical weapon attack’

A record 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses and poisonings last year

Rainbow Fentanyl

Fentanyl is more frequently appearing in disguised forms like prescription pills and “rainbow fentanyl.”

Unsuspecting victims are also coming in contact with the illicit opioid, which is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and deadly in small amounts, on or in everyday objects, according to law enforcement agencies and other experts who have warned of the presence of fentanyl on cash bills and food products.

“You can make a lot of money by doing good โ€” by providing services and food and creations that are beneficial to humanity in all types of ways. …Instead, [drug manufacturers and smugglers] are participating in evil in order to advance a โ€ฆ method or a movement in order to disrupt the United States as much as possible. It is a slow-motion chemical weapon attack, I think, that’s being perpetrated by China and a third opium war,”

Jim Rauh, founder of the nonprofit organization Families Against Fentanyl, told Fox News Digital.

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Narcan Vending Machine in Orange County

This new vending machine in Orange County could save opioid usersโ€™ lives

Narcan Nasal Spray

People who use opioids and are at-risk of an accidental overdose can now get a life-saving overdose reversal kit โ€” from a local vending machine.

The Orange County jail has become one of the few facilities in the state to offer free Narcan nasal spray for drug overdoses, county officials announced.

Narcan, a medicine used to quickly treat an opioid overdose, is available 24 hours a day in a vending machine in the lobby of the Orange County Detention Center at 1200 U.S. 70 West in Hillsborough.

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222 people died from overdoses in Wake County last year

222 people died from overdoses in Wake last year. Here is the countyโ€™s opioids plan.

With a solemn but hopeful yes, Wake leaders put the countyโ€™s first dollars from the national opioid settlement into action Tuesday night. โ€œWeโ€™re taking a comprehensive approach to get folks on the path to recovery,โ€ said Denise Forman, assistant Wake County manager.

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Washington DC Lost Voices of Fentanyl Rally

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:   April Babcock

Email:  aprilbb33@icloud.com

More than 71,000 lives were lost in 2021 to fentanyl poisoning alone.

America, especially its youth, is being threatened from within, a threat that should not be underestimated.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more potent than heroin. Just 2 milligrams of illicit fentanyl can be fatal.

According to statistics released by The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in March 2022, fentanyl poisoning is now the leading cause of death for adults ages 18-45. Per the Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator, Anne Milgram, “Fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered. We must take every opportunity to spread the word.” 

Lost Voices of Fentanyl (LVOF), is a non-profit group founded by bereaved mother, April Babcock, and comprised of more than 18,000 family members who are devoted to illicit fentanyl awareness, prevention, and education. 

LVOF’s Second Annual National Rally to STOP Illicit Fentanyl Poisonings will be held on Sept 17, 2022, in front of the White House from 12 p.m.-3 p.m. A March of Unity will start at 11:40 am at The National Mall 12th street and end at The White House.

An exhibit of our victim banners will be on display at the National Mall on the 12th Street gravel area from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 

Visit Lvof.org for more information 

You can be part of the solution.

Media coverage of this important event is imperative to bring awareness and save lives. We ask that you provide coverage of this important rally.

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