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Republicans Host Parents of Fentanyl Victims
Republicans Host Parents of Fentanyl Victims: Our Children Didnโt Overdose; โThey 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 โpoisonedโ and that their deaths were not overdoses.
Read the full article on Breitbart News.
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
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 โฆ 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.
Read the full article on the Fox News web site.
Narcan Vending Machine in Orange County
This new vending machine in Orange County could save opioid usersโ lives
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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22 Pounds of fentanyl siezed in Forsyth County
Detectives inย Forsyth County, North Carolina,ย have seized over $2.6 million of fentanyl โ enough of the deadly drug to kill 5 million people โ in the largest bust in the countyโs history, authorities said last week.
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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 countyโs opioids plan.
With a solemn but hopeful yes, Wake leaders put the countyโs first dollars from the national opioid settlement into action Tuesday night. โWeโre taking a comprehensive approach to get folks on the path to recovery,โ said Denise Forman, assistant Wake County manager.
Read the article on the N&O web site.
App State to offer free naloxone, fentanyl test kits
Wellness and Prevention services at App State have begun offering free fentanyl test strip kits and naloxone to students who anonymously request the service through their website or request them in office, according to Anna Oakes, News and Media Relations Director at the university.
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.
Fentanyl is now a felony in North Carolina
This article was originally posted on the Southern Scoop on September 17, 2021. It is being reposted as a resource to the Fentanyl Victims Network of North Carolina.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 321 into law Thursday afternoon, which has several changes to the stateโs Controlled Substances Act, most notably now classifying and possession amount of Fentanyl as a felony. North Carolina Senator Kevin Corbin served as a co-sponsor of the legislation and said this is a needed step for the state.ย