It is opioid roulette, and it is deadly. The stakes are too high, and the house always wins. This is not a carnival game, but a house of horrors.
The reason for the fixed wheel of fortune is because of the powerful, synthetic drug fentanyl. Fentanyl is 50 times more powerful than heroin. And, it only takes 2 milligrams to be fatal, which fits on the tip of a pencil.
Fentanyl has contaminated heroin, cocaine, and meth, along with counterfeit pills. This includes Percocet, Xanax, oxycodone, and even Adderall.
Fentanyl contamination doesn’t just happen to someone trapped and suffering from addiction. The reality is it could happen to a 13-year-old. It could be one fatal mistake with one fake pill.
We have to prepare our children who venture out every day with honest, accurate, and current information about fentanyl to keep them safe. We cannot be naive and leave our children unprepared.
Now is the time to stop this deadly fentanyl opioid roulette.
— Michael Carson
Mat-Su Youth Task Force
Wasilla
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