Opioid rouletteIt is deadly. The stakes are too high. The house wins. This is not a carnival game but a “Nightmare Alley.”The reason this wheel of fortune is fixed is because of the powerful synthetic drug fentanyl. It is 50 time more powerful than heroin and only takes 2 milligrams to be fatal.
Fentanyl is contaminating heroin, cocaine and meth, along with marijuana and counterfeit pills. In short, one pill can kill, end of story — or of someone’s life.We have to realize this could happen to your child without the vital information; 4 out of 10 counterfeit pills are lethal. This could not only happen to someone trapped and suffering from addiction, but the reality is it could happen to a 13-year-old (my grandson’s age) or a 73-year-old (my age)!
This is not a game at the state fair. This opioid roulette is tilted toward death. We have to prepare our children who venture out every day with refusal skills; it’s not “if” they are offered drugs, but “when.”
We cannot be naive and leave children unprepared. Now is the time to stop this deadly opioid roulette.
— Michael Carson
Mat-Su Opioid Task Force
Wasilla
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