Fatal Facts of Fentanyl

Send us a text A federal narcotics officer who lost his son to fentanyl shares his heartbreaking personal story while explaining the realities of fighting the deadly opioid crisis from both sides. • Officer Rick's 19-year-old son died from fentanyl after multiple overdoses, despite Rick's 25 years of experience fighting illegal drugs • The progression from marijuana to high-potency THC vapes (80-90% THC) to fentanyl poisoning • Narcan (naloxone) saved Rick's son twice before the fatal overdose • All families should have Narcan readily available regardless of suspected drug use • Fentanyl is commonly smoked, snorted, or ingested in pill form rather than injected • Law enforcement must build solid cases with "pieces of the puzzle" to successfully prosecute dealers • Long-term investigations target higher-level suppliers rather than just street dealers • The state court system is "broken" compared to federal prosecutions that have "more teeth" • Drug dealers profit from death, exploiting users' "bulletproof mentality" • The fentanyl crisis will likely worsen before improving without significant systemic changes If you suspect someone is using drugs, please get Narcan. It's available at most pharmacies, sometimes for free, and could save a life. Call your representatives and senators to demand action on this crisis. The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Freida Hoyle shares her devastating experience of losing both her sons—Stephen to homicide and Michael to fentanyl poisoning—and how she transformed her grief into a mission to help others battling addiction. Her powerful story illustrates how grief can lead to addiction and how knowledge about the dangers of fentanyl and street drugs can save lives. • Stephen was murdered in 2012, shot and killed during a robbery • Michael turned to prescription painkillers (Roxys/Oxycontin) to cope with losing his brother • The path from prescription pills to street drugs to heroin happens quickly and is common • Fentanyl has infiltrated the street drug supply, making every use potentially fatal • Michael died of fentanyl poisoning in 2016 while in recovery and likely had no idea what he was taking • Pressed counterfeit pills and all street drugs now commonly contain deadly fentanyl • Stephen had a tattoo reading "No K-N-O-W Hope" which inspired Freida's nonprofit organization • Recovery requires facing the struggle every day, similar to grieving a profound loss • Addiction is not simply a choice but a brain disease that compromises decision-making • Helping others enter and maintain recovery brings Freida joy and purpose through her pain https://www.knowhopenorthcarolina.com/ The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Addiction doesn't discriminate—it can begin in the most unexpected ways, even through legitimate medical treatment. In this powerful conversation, Kelly shares the heartbreaking journey of her son Peyton, whose battle with opioid dependency began after cancer treatment. At 16, Peyton was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. The high-dose steroids used to save his life had devastating side effects, deteriorating his hip bones and requiring a full hip replacement by age 19. The prescription pain medications that followed created a pathway to addiction that eventually led to tragedy when what he thought was a Percocet turned out to contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. Kelly doesn't hold back as she shares the raw truth about addiction's grip and the desperate struggle for recovery. She speaks candidly about treatment attempts, the challenges of Vivitrol therapy, and the overwhelming statistics facing families: childhood cancer survivors are five times more likely to fill opiate prescriptions, while only 3% of people with addiction disorders fully recover. Most importantly, she challenges us to reframe how we talk about these deaths—not as overdoses, but as poisonings and drug-induced homicides. This episode shatters misconceptions about addiction and forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about our healthcare system, border security, and the stigma that prevents proper treatment. Kelly's powerful advocacy reminds us that behind every statistic is someone's child who didn't want to die, who had dreams and ambitions cut short by a preventable tragedy. Her message is clear: we must stop the stigma, change our language, and demand better from our systems before more lives are lost. Listen, share, and join the conversation that could save someone you love. The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text RE-UPLOAD ... Season 2, Episode 1.. Original Interview for Season 1, Episode 1 was in July, 2021 with Derek Maltz, SR. ~ former DEA Special Operations leader, and more recently... The Acting Director of the DEA - Appointed by President Donald J. Trump from January-May, 2025 The information STILL remains Relevant and True as of NOW. Some Changes have been Made in AMERICA, yet, more NEED to be made in Order to SAVE LIVES. America faces an unprecedented drug crisis as Mexican cartels and Chinese criminal organizations work together to flood our country with deadly fentanyl, killing our citizens at levels we've never seen before. Former DEA Special Operations head Derek Maltz provides an unflinching analysis of how this lethal partnership is poisoning America while politicians and media look away. • Mexican cartels and Chinese transnational criminals have formed a lethal partnership killing Americans at unprecedented rates • Cartels are manufacturing counterfeit prescription pills containing deadly amounts of fentanyl • Young people are dying after taking just one pill purchased through social media platforms • The DEA Phoenix division went from seizing zero counterfeit pills in 2015 to 6 million in 2020 • Fentanyl should be treated as a weapon of mass destruction and cartels as terrorist organizations • Drug education programs have been gutted while synthetic drugs have become more dangerous • Solutions include targeting chemical precursors, cash flow, and launching massive public awareness campaigns • Political games are preventing effective action while deaths continue to rise This crisis requires immediate action, unity of purpose, and leaders who will be held accountable. We must work together to save American lives and protect our communities from this deadly threat. The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Interview with Jaime Puerta, president of VOID, Victims Of Illicit Drugs, in particular Illicit Fentanyl bombarding our country with hundreds-of-thousands of deaths of our youth and young adults. Jaime is a grieving father who lost his 16-year old son, Daniel when he ingested a counterfeit pill that he purchased on SNAPCHAT, full of deadly Fentanyl that killed him. Death by Deception! Since, his son's death, Jaime has worked tirelessly in bringing awareness and education about the social media threat to all children, and for advocating for more common sense laws concerning Illicit Fentanyl trafficking. WARNING TO ALL PARENTS... Fentanyl is killing at record levels and now Illicit Fentanyl is not only in counterfeit pills... but, now showing up in vaping products. One and Done counterfeit pills and now vaping products can be DEADLY if laced with Fentanyl! Listen and Learn with factual and firsthand knowledge of this most deadly and potent drug! VOID Victims Of Illicit Drugs Nonprofit Organization VOID was formed to bring to the public’s attention, through education, awareness and legislative advocacy, the immediate danger of sudden death associated with the use of illicit drugs, in particular FENTANYL, and other emerging synthetic analogs. https://stopthevoid.org/ Click the above link to watch... DEAD ON ARRIVAL - Documentary of Illicit Fentanyl https://www.foxnews.com/.../fentanyl-more-accessible-kids... The deadly drug has been found in vape pens on high school campuses in recent months The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text It can happen to anyone. My son was poisoned with a counterfeit Percocet that contained pure fentanyl. We lost our amazing son, Matthew Thomas, at 20 years of age to fentanyl poisoning. He took what he thought was a Percocet and died moments later on the morning of 07/25/2020. Because of this tragic loss our family experienced, we want to do everything in our power to keep another family from suffering this way. That is why we created Matthew's Voice. The mission of Matthew’s Voice is to educate teens and young adults about the dangers of fentanyl poisoning specifically, and drug use in general. In addition, to provide rehabilitation scholarships for individuals who lack financial means. To achieve this mission, we will go around to local high schools and teen organizations. We will make this issue personal, giving teens and young adults a first hand account of the consequences that can come from drug use. We will also talk about the fentanyl epidemic, the dangers of drug use in general and the role social media plays in the availability and distribution of various drugs. Once we are able, we will also offer scholarships to teens and young adults for treatment in drug rehab programs. ​The sky is the limit and we have big hopes and dreams for this organization. Matthew may not be here to warn our youth of the dangers of drug use, but through Matthew's Voice, his legacy will live on and he will save lives. We will shout to the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains and beyond to be sure Matthew's Voice is heard. http://www.matthewsvoice.org/ The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Understanding Addiction - Know Science, No Stigma... Interview with Dr. Charles Smith, author of this most informative book ... a must-read for those struggling from the tragic effects of drugs and alcohol.. and for their families to understand the behaviors often associated with this disease of addiction. Dr. Smith is an expert in this field with personal, firsthand experience with the humiliation and shame that accompanies substance use disorder. He points out that addiction is a disease .. no less so than diabetes, heart disease or hypertension... and needs to be treated as such. Unlike most other illnesses, substance use disorder is characterized predominantly by behavior. Stigma is our biggest killer. It is a deterrent in combatting addiction and to get to the root of this disease. It hinders growth and progression. Knowledge is POWER... https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Addiction-Know-Science-Stigma/dp/173723520X The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Angel Mom of Tiffany and Zachary. My children are gone - I fight to save YOURS. The overwhelming majority of Fentanyl POISONINGS are NOT "overdoses". The term "overdose" implies the user had knowledge of the presence of illicit fentanyl and CHOSE to use it anyway and then used too much. This is NOT what is happening in the majority of cases with illicit fentanyl. We call this the new "paradigm" in the drug world. Counterfeit prescription pills made to look IDENTICAL to a prescription Adderall, Percocet, Oxycontin, Xanax are pouring into our country courtesy of China and the Mexican drug cartels. Your child might buy or be handed what they think is a Xanax which will NOT kill them, but they are actually getting pure fentanyl which will. EVERY batch of these counterfeit pills being made by the cartels have pills which contain lethal amounts of illicit fentanyl. The broad contamination of traditionally non-lethal drugs like cocaine, heroin and meth with illicit fentanyl have created another dimension of drug induced homicides where the users may have intended to ingest cocaine which would generally NOT kill them with a single use but these drugs are being contaminated without the users knowledge with illicit fentanyl and they are dying. This deception of our young people is killing unsuspecting young people at a rate of over 280 a day in this country from illicit fentanyl toxicity. Nobody deserves to die for making one bad choice. In today's world of illicit fentanyl they are. It HAS TO BE STOPPED! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text "This gets more ridiculous everyday. And what is even more ridiculous is the complete lack of effort on the part of this administration in getting the word effectively spread. And where are State and local Public Health agencies in doing the same. It is their immediate responsibility to alert the public to any Public Health emergency. Illicit Fentanyl, it’s analogs, and the manner in which they are deceptively distributed, is one of those emergencies, and is something that is not, but needs to immediately be put in the spotlight!!" Quoted by Steve, a retired law enforcement officer, a husband, a father, a grandfather ... who knows firsthand the evilness of Illicit Fentanyl poisoning that has infiltrated the United States and killing people in record numbers.... including his beloved daughter, Jessica who leaves behind his beautiful granddaughter who he reminds everyday that her mother loved her so much and she is loved by her grandparents ... and they are so grateful to have her in their lives. These senseless deaths affect so many ... not only the person addicted, but, their families that loved them so much.... and leave behind. Illicit Fentanyl poisonings need to be treated as homicides... not, accidental overdoses. The stigma needs to change in this country with our law enforcement investigations of these deaths and our judicial systems with prosecutions. The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text The first thing I told the detective on the case was, “I don’t want any other mommies to feel this way! I don’t want this guy to kill anyone else! Promise me you’ll get him!” I didn’t know Fentanyl was being sold in street drugs, on Snapchat, or in our community until Luca died. My need to warn the community (Awareness) outweighed my need for vengeance. Just so we’re clear vengeance and justice aren’t even close to each other. In the beginning my mind was set on vengeance. Justice will SAVE lives, vengeance WON'T! Fentanyl Poisoning is murder. Most victims of Fentanyl Poisoning had no idea what was in the substance they were taking because they were told it was something else. Counterfeit pills are becoming much more prevalent and easier for children to gain access to because of social media platforms like SNAPCHAT... Listen & Learn about the harsh realities of One Pill Can Kill about illicit Fentanyl being deceptively sold on SNAPCHAT... Amanda, the beautiful mother of her beautiful son, 13 year old Luca shares their story in this most transparent & informative interview... The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Imagine devoting your whole career serving your country as a Naval officer, then in law enforcement and now working for the federal government combating the drug crisis in America... and your own son succumbs to fentanyl poisoning. To protect this mans identity... He has agreed to an interview using a different name and being anonymous. He fights this fight everyday of his life. He is one of many special agents across the United States and around the world who remain on the front lines of the global fight to identify, disrupt and dismantle cartels and other transnational criminal organizations. These efforts have resulted in some of the most significant arrests of traffickers and seizures of illicit drugs across the globe. He shares with us some of his experiences... that he is allowed to share without divulging his identity or the many tactics involved in tracking these criminals down who manufacture and sell ...and are killing people in record numbers in the US now with the distribution of illicit fentanyl... the same drug that killed his son. Listen & Learn.... The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text One day at a time... This is an interview with Freida, a mother who lost her only 2 sons. Her oldest son to a homicide and 4 years later his brother died from Fentanyl poisoning. Both died at the age of 24 years old. This is Stephens and Michaels story shared by their mother. Ripple Effect...."We began to lose Michael when we lost Stephen" As you can empathize, when Stephen died from a homicide... his family was devastated! Freida channeled her grief by getting involved with homicide related death support groups, while Michael began his journey of opioid addiction by self-medicating to numb his pain. The aftermath with the tragedy of losing his brother was overwhelming! As Freida explains in her interview, there are similarities between GRIEF and ADDICTION. Both are a process and we are always in recovery. With the death of both of her sons, she turned to her strong faith. She found purpose in this new chapter of her life as a grieving mother. She found solace and strength to help others who shared similar griefs. KNOW HOPE NC originated from her son, Stephen. He would tell her, "Mama, Know Hope, there is always HOPE! RECOVERY is POSSIBLE.....Gotta know hope Mama" The Mission of the non-profit Know Hope NC is... Remembering those we lost, giving HOPE to those who struggle & supporting those in recovery with drug addictions. All in honor of her 2 sons lives! Freida participates and facilitates grief support groups to help others who have lost their loved ones to either homicide or drug-related deaths. Not understanding addiction....knowledge is not only powerful but it also generates compassion and patience. http://www.knowhopenorthcarolina.com/ The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text RAPP, short for Relatives Against Purdue Pharma... An activist group who testified at hearings, lent support at whistle-blower trials and marched outside pharmaceutical-funded physician meetings to make their voices heard to bring awareness and education towards much-needed changes with the opioid crisis in America. Their leader was Ed Bisch, an I.T. worker from Philadelphia who’d lost his 18-year-old son, Eddie, in 2001. They called him the Godfather because he’d brought them together in the first place, via his website, OxyKills, shortly after Eddie’s death. As for the Godfather, Ed Bisch still assumes his position every morning at his computer. “Purdue has never given a dime to the people they enslaved, I’d like to see anyone addicted get access to help, but it’s still going to be a mess.” “I was so naïve in the beginning,” he added. Today, none of us can afford to be naïve about the intentions of a drug company — or the ability of government regulators to protect us from those who put profits above the public good. The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Zach purchased on SnapChat, what he thought was a Percocet. That one pill ended his life with a lethal dose of Fentanyl. Death by Deception! Parents need to realize the drug paradigm has shifted dramatically since they themselves were teenagers. "My son would have never taken that pill if he knew the market was flooded by these counterfeit pills. All you get is a rude awakening when this happens. We had no idea of this problem. We were blindsided by the death of our son." There is no public health awareness... no talk from our government on all levels. "Illicit Fentanyl KILLED MY SON. I spent 17 years with my beautiful son. He is my first thought when I wake up and my last thought when I go to bed. That will never change! The other thing that will never change - My crusade to warn and save others from these fake counterfeit pills full of lethal FENTANYL... " The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text In 1999, after losing his son Danny in a drug-related shooting in New Orleans and lacking answers from police, a small town pharmacist – Dan Schneider – beats the odds when he embarks on a dogged pursuit to find and bring his son’s killer to justice. But months later, the ripple effects of his son’s addiction and tragic death would find him again when a troubling number of young, seemingly healthy people began visiting Dan’s pharmacy with high dose prescriptions for OxyContin. Sensing a crisis long before the opioid epidemic had gained nationwide attention, Dan stakes a mission: Save the lives of other sons and daughters within his community...then take the fight to Big Pharma itself. His mission still carries on today in his relentless fight to bring awareness and education of the illicit Fentanyl crisis plaguing our country causing countless of deaths to our kids and young adults. We are all in this together. Join Dan's movement at tunnelofhope.org. Become a member of the Pharmacist Peoples Association... the PPA. Be a part of the light at the end of the tunnel... The change begins with YOU! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text It is easy to judge. It is more difficult to understand. Understanding requires compassion, patience and a willingness to believe good hearts sometimes choose poor methods. Through judging we separate. Through understanding, we grow! STOP the STIGMA... "Momma, all I want is a normal life"... Peyton was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at age 16. Age 19, he had a full hip replacement due to the extensive treatments that he received battling cancer. He was prescribed pain medications to ease his excruciating pain. This began his battle with an opioid addiction. He died at age 23 from illicit fentanyl poisoning. His story is unique and special... as he was as an individual. Peyton's mother, Kelly feels strongly that transparency is so important in addressing the many issues of addiction. With transparency, people can develop empathy and compassion towards conquering STIGMA. It is up to each individual to open their minds, hearts and souls ... Listen & Learn! The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA. The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the Key. Knowledge is Power!

Send us a text Derek S. Maltz, retired from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after 28 years of dedicated service. Maltz was the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Special Operations Division (SOD) and previously held the position as the Chief of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is the oldest and largest drug task force in America. Mr. Maltz is also a national security, safety executive who appears on national news networks as a subject matter expert. Our subject today is the fentanyl crisis killing tens-of-thousands of people in this country. From seasoned users battling opioid addiction to first-time users .... middle and high school age children buying counterfeit pills on social media. Death by deception. Derek is an outstanding communicator. He conveys his messages clearly, concisely and directly. He says it , the way it is!

Fatal Facts of Fentanyl The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl is dedicated to raising awareness of the illicit fentanyl crisis hitting the USA. It is killing tens-of-thousands of people who suffer from substance use disorders and first-time users. There are no boundaries. It is in every community within our country. The fentanyl crisis is deadlier then ever before for various reasons. It is time to address the many issues surrounding this crisis. Change begins with each of us as individuals and collaboration with others towards this positive transformation. The goal is to save lives and families from this travesty. Awareness and Education are the key. Knowledge is Power.