02/29/2024
Just as every child is told they must look both ways before crossing the street, every child in America must be told that counterfeit drugs are everywhere, and they are deadly. It’s up to every teacher, principal, and faith leader in America to relay the risks of this poison now.
Here’s what children need to know:
There is a poison killing 200 Americans of all ages, backgrounds, and races every single day. It’s called fentanyl. Most kids who die from it don’t even know they are taking it.
Drug dealers are selling fake pills, co***ne, and m**h with fentanyl to boost their profits.
These fake pills look identical to the real ones—Xanax, Adderall, Oxycontin, Percocet, and others. You cannot see, smell, or taste fentanyl. Even DEA agents can’t tell the difference between what’s real and fake.
Do not accept any pill of any kind if it doesn’t come from a doctor or pharmacist. Even if your best friend offers you a pill, they won’t know if it contains fentanyl.
In the age of fentanyl, your life will become a coin toss. Heads, you get high. Tails, you die. The only way to win this twisted game is to refuse to play.
Read this article for more information:
Dear Educator:
In the wake of the tragic death of Marco Troper (Cal Berkeley student) after taking a drug, an excerpt from James Fishback's recent investigative piece on fentanyl speaks volumes:
“We don’t know what was in it,” [Troper's] grandmother Esther Wojcicki told local media, “Teenagers and college students need to know that drugs today are not the same as the drugs of yesterday. They’re often laced with fentanyl.”
[Troper's] family are waiting on the results of a toxicology report, which could take up to a month. But if it’s true that Marco lost his life to fentanyl, one thing is clear: he did not die of an overdose.
He was poisoned.
Every week in America, about 22 kids die of a drug overdose. Eighty percent of those deaths are linked to fentanyl—a cheap synthetic opioid fifty times more potent than he**in. Even with illicit drug use among middle and high school students on the decline, fatal teen overdoses have never been higher.
Every week, more than a dozen U.S. teenagers lose their lives to fentanyl. James Fishback reports on the unwitting victims—and the parents they’ve left behind.