By Paul Martin
Last week, the Arizona Department of Child Safety found that last year 34 Arizona children under 5 years old died from fentanyl poisoning. They expect that number to rise.
People today tend to think that all drugs are equally “bad.” But fentanyl is different.
It’s the number one cause of death in the U.S. for those between 18-45, more than heart disease, more than cancer, more than homicides and car crashes, combined…
Not only do 20 high school students die each week from fentanyl overdose, in terms of fatalities, a Parkland School Shooting every week…
But today it’s even killing the youngest of children.
In Green Bay, a 17-month-old toddler laid down for a nap and didn’t wake up because she mistook a fentanyl pill for candy.
In Charlotte, a mother and baby who were found dead nearly two weeks after being reported missing in March died from fentanyl toxicity.
A California man murdered his wife and four-year-old daughter and seven-month-old son using fentanyl.
These are sobering stories. And they are happening every day.
We are increasingly working to unify the many voices who are, in effect, screaming that something be done to protect our children from this poison.
One of these efforts is a recent campaign, centered around the hashtag #UnitedAF. I am humbled by the outpouring of support, hundreds joining our mailing list to be part our efforts to organization campaigns in order to protect our children.
Illicit fentanyl is the greatest health crisis of our lifetime.
It will be the greatest crisis in our nation’s history if we fail to control it now.
Please click get involved at the top of this page to join our campaign.
