Category: Personal Stories

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 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.

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WCNC Charlotte story on James D’Alo

Faced with an uncontrollable number of drug overdose deaths, North Carolina leaders passed a bi-partisan law meant to hold drug dealers accountable, but a WCNC Charlotte investigation found police rarely arrested suspects for the newly created charge of death by distribution in the first two years of its existence.

The felony, when charged as “aggravated,” holds a sentence of up to 40 years in prison, but court records reveal few drug dealers across the state actually face the crime.

Izzy D’Alo is still waiting for justice a year after her father’s fatal overdose. James D’Alo died on Jan. 18, 2021, in Stallings, North Carolina — a southeastern suburb of Charlotte. The medical examiner ruled the 50-year-old’s death accidental and suspected fentanyl as the source.

“I had a feeling my dad was just going to be viewed as another drug addict and he wasn’t,” his daughter said. “Since he died, I’ve learned a lot about him and his struggles and what drove him to that path and it’s really sad.”

Izzy D’Alo

FULL STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/cri…

WCNC (Charlotte) Story from February 15, 2022
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Nurse creates fentanyl task force following daughter’s tragic death

Debbie Krueger’s interview on WLOS ABC13 in Asheville

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — A local mom is facing an unimaginable loss head on, in hopes of saving others.

“One pill can kill” Nurse creates fentanyl task force following daughter’s tragic death

August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day, when families come together to remember and honor those who have died from addiction.

It’s a day to remember people like 26-year-old Alexandra.

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