Mother speaks out after losing 14-year-old to fentanyl poisoning
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- čas přidán 19. 12. 2022
- Kim Gillihan is living a difficult reality. She is coping with the death of her 14-year-old son. In this segment, she shares her story of grief, loss, as well as a warning to parents. Dr. Danish Ali also explains how to administer Narcan in the event of an overdose.
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My Heart Is Broken for this momma and for his daddy. I have 3 teenagers, one of them is 14. I am scared every single day they leave my side for school. I talk to them constantly about the dangers of drugs. I pray so much it soaks in. God bless this family.
Amen.
My 22 year old nephew was murdered with fentanyl this month!!! It is murder because the majority of people that die from it don’t even know what they are getting!!! Rest In Peace my nephew Evan, Lil Peep and all these young people gone too soon, words can’t even describe the pain!!!
My sympathy for your loss 😔
@@aura8885 thank you, I pray for God to give us strength in this difficult time
Lost my son the same way! It’s a living breathing nightmare that never ever ends!
My deepest sympathies 😢
I’m so sorry for your loss 🙏🏻
Yup that's murder l lost 4 people the same way
What a great news reporter....he's gifted at speaking. Mom, so sorry you had to experience this nightmare. God bless you and your family.
Pronounces Fentanyl properly.
There's an epidemic of drug overdoses amongst middle class and upper middle class youth. They have lots of resources, few responsibilities, and have faced few consequences. Twelve step rooms are full of grieving mothers who've lost their children to this dynamic. It's really heartbreaking.
@@LoveXGratitude Drugs don’t care about CLASS????
@@LoveXGratitude 👍🙏
@@favourbridgette1939 tell that to the people who vilified crack and marijuana users but will coddle coke addicts, pill heads, and all that other ish!
Aldous Huxley tried to tell us about this
I reallyyyyy don’t know about this one. Sure they have money for it, but have you seen Pennsylvania? it’s literally a zombie state now. Everyone on the street doing drugs that kill them.
I'm very sorry for the loss of your son. Heartbreaking
Sad and my heart is breaking for his parents!
This is hard to expect. 🥺 It hurts every time I see these stories with loosing children. 💔 My heart goes out to his parents and friends. I appreciate how strong she is and for having the will to share her sons story in order to help others ❤️
Kim my deepest condolences to you and your family. I also thank you for getting out there and warning parents. God bless you and I pray that you find comfort and peace.
God bless you, your family and your precious son. Thank you for all you are doing to raise awareness about this sinister and deadly drug
Absolutely heartbreaking!!
My deepest sympathy for your loss. I just lost my nephew to fentanyl poisoning 2 days ago. The feeling is so surreal. I have to snap back to reality several times a day. My sister of course is devastated. Millions of parents and family members are going through this same thing. It must be addressed as covid was. This is far more dangerous in my opinion. THIS is the pandemic.!!!
Omg I’m so sorry! I just lost my 22 year nephew last week from fentanyl! It hurts like hell, I am in shock and so angry!
@@MelModica I'm sorry for your loss
Im sorry for your loss.I’m praying for you .
Meowlody.. yes it’s an epidemic worse than C!
At least 75 per-cent of opiate addicts are also opiate drug dealers. A drug dealer is not just someone who sells pounds of drugs it's also addicts who sell a few pills here and there for a little more than they buy them for so they can get high for free. Your son definitely sold opiates in one form or another to somebody so if he would have sold a pill that killed someone else would you be in favor of your son getting life in prison or something
Keeping his family and friends in my prayers 🙏🏼 .
I cant say how deeply grateful I am on you not staying silent & fighting for Joshua's memory 🙏 Thank you
My heart breaks for her. We have to make it known to our kids that nowadays, one pill can kill you. I know the holidays are hard on her and I pray that she and husband can find peace.
My son had an accidentally overdose on August 25th he was dead for 8 minutes but thankfully they brought him back. I am so sorry for your loss. But narcan does not work on horse tranquilizers and fentanyl and xanax they gave him 5 narcans they had to put a tube down his nose to bring him back so please be careful. Prayers for your family
My condolences to his mother and family. The problem is people think it's not going to happen to them until it happens.
My son was found twice dead, got revived. Thank you God! Doctors said he would be brain dead both times!!! - Not with my God , I said!!!🙏🏼Parents please discuss with your children that there’s fake drugs. They are not giving our kids a “ sleeping” or get “up” pill etc....I’m blessed that my son is alive and normal at 22. I truly hope he learned his lesson.Jesus name. I was blessed to hear him, literally, take his last breath before attempting to revive him myself. 2nd time he was turning blue. Dramatic.....Blessed both times! Gods good!!!He knows better now!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
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No wonder your child is overdosing smh. You wanna say there’s fake drugs and that’s the problem? Nah the problem was your child wanted to take drugs in the first place and you allowed it. No drugs are safe. No such thing as fake drugs. People know they’re taking fentanyl when they take it, it gives you different symptoms and a different high. People aren’t being poisoned. They’re just overdosing bc street drugs are never safe. Don’t be so fucking stupid. I feel really sorry for your kid because they clearly never had a chance in life and that’s why they’re going through what they are. No one intelligent to lean on. Sad
Thank you for this video.
What a brave lady…to tell your heartbreaking story to the world like this 🙏I will certainly be keeping a closer eye on my teenage son, your story will definitely save lives 👏 god bless you and your family 🙏
This is so sad!!! I pray for this beautiful family.
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Thank you for sharing this story. Tragic
My heart goes out to this mother, I am so sorry for your loss. Bad enough, you'll lose your children to this drug, and around the holidays makes it even worse 😢
Oh, prayers to this mom that she's lost her angel.
Thank goodness she has strength to come out this as an advocate for other families, other moms, other angels - he had so much life not even understood of his possibilities to encounter had it not been for this tragedy. Wishing her strength and comfort that her work to prevent other children from this fate will be a saving grace.
This is real 😢Thank you for sharing
Sad situation, sending prayers to the family.
Wow she seems so sincere. 😢 ❤
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Yes I agree, the kids need to be scared, thank you, my condolences
That's so great it is real. Thank you so much for what your doing it will make a difference.
God bless you and your family.
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Thank you to this brave and loving mom❤
God bless Joshua's mother & family 🙏🏽🕊️✨💓it must be heartbreaking
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🙏 Sending love, light, and peace their way. Too 😢
Bless your heart. Heartbreaking. I hope this helps other Teens, Adults- Do NOT Use Drugs. Please 🙏 watch this young man. This can happen. Yes this does happen. I am a Mom. I would be devastated 😫. Hugs to you and your family. May God be with you. ❤️🩹
My Condolences to you & your family it is so hard to loose a child it's nothing like the weigh of it.
Sorry for your loss
Godspeed Joshua. Prayers to his parents, other family and friends. So sad for you all.
I am very sorry and sad.... God bless all us!
Wow! You are a strong momma. I know your son would be so proud of you!
So sorry to the parents how devastating .😢
My Condolences 💐 to his family ❤
Go mama! Keep fighting!!
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My daughter's father died in Sept back home in CA Sept 13 2022.. my heart is with you.. xoxo
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Marijuana is not a gateway drug, period.
Yes it is 100%!
yes it is stupid
@@HOLZMANTV his mom was leaving on a business trip and who knows where the dad was. Your kids are more important than your salary.
@@HOLZMANTV WRONG , im 19 and have been smoking for years and have only ever smoked marijuana. i have a 4.0 gpa. it depends on the person . nobody ever talks about alcohol though lets start talking about alcohol that ruins families , that gets people killed everyday on the road in drunk driving accidents. when do people die from marijuana ? marijuana has only ever helped me , so like i said, depends on the person and that persons own choice of action.
She did say it can be for some but not all.
It's important for folks to know that even if opiates are not in someone's system, it's okay to administer Narcan/naloxone - it does no harm if you give it to someone who doesn't necessarily need it. Better to be safe than sorry.
Omg, how heartbreaking!🥲
Aww sorry for ur loss lady.
Absolutely horrific tragedy. It’s crazy how there are people who really don’t get it when you tell them that stuff is scary dangerous. It has nothing to do with being tough or experienced, it is biology. It suppresses your natural ability to breathe, getting critical oxygen into your body. I don’t know if people hear that and ignore it or it doesn’t sink in but damn, this is depressing that it keeps happening. Please let it sink in what she said, it CAN happen to you.
aaah, Ms. Kim, heartbreaking, I'm so sorry, you are in my prayers. Thanks for your courage and going out and telling your story. Thanks, Mr. Isaiah, for educating us on how to use the Narcan, Great video.
All these stories are so said.
May God give her family the strength to go on🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
So painful especially at this time. I wish her all the best and hope that her pain will ease in time. 😭
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Is it a pill??
OK I'm26 never took drugs so I'm lost
0is it a pill and why was he taking it??
This is why it is so crucial to spend MORE time with your kids!!!!! What’s the use of having all this money if you have to work so much to the point that your neglecting your baby. It’s never the kids fault because the parents have a choice. May this sweet baby be forgiven and rest in eternal peace with Our Father.🙏🏼
RIP sweet Angel
Rip🙏💙
So sad. RIP
My deepest condolences to this Mom & Dad may your precious Joshua Rest In Peace ✝️❤
I’m so very sorry!!!
So bad!! These new generations so young and on drugs!!!
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Very scary we have to warn the kids at schools !!!! Asap
Poor woman, poor family, ignore what people say, people say stupidities because they do not know better and they like to listen to their own voices, carry with your life, the pain of loose a child does not really go away never, I know that myself, but you learn to be live with it, you carry on with you live and work for better understanding of this kind of drugs.
So sorry for your loss, I lost my husband to accidental overdose he did cocaine that was laced with Fentynol
alot of them don't know it's in the drug they are taking my kids found him dead in the bed 😢 his autopsy showed the drugs that were in his system
My uncle just passed away overdosed on the same thing he was 71 years old
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Yes unfortunately age is nothing but a number . I’m currently in outpatient rehab and a lot of the people I see coming in are middle age 55 and up . At least there acknowledging they have a problem and want help ❤
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This happened to me too last year it’s a daily struggle 😢I can’t sleep feeling I should of stayed awake 😢
So sorry for your loss RIP to him may you find peace of mind and learn to live without him until you meet again.
So sad, wht the world going on, wht he doing with drugs, these kids we must pray over them fr
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Poor momma 😢🙏📖😭😭😭😭😭😭
So Sorry we are losing way too many to these insidious drugs It just takes one time Wishing him well on his Spiritual Journey
Overdoses shouldn't be a common occurrence, but sadly it is Im past counting my fingers n toes with the amount of people I know that died from overdoses
Aww man
My condolences, I remember 1988 crack was killing the brown community, never seen it on the news but experienced it. FULL CIRCLE
LORD HAVE MERCY! SAVE THE CHILDREN!
Thank joey for open borders! My condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones!
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My condolences. Revelations 21: 3, 4
I am so sorry for your loss of your Son such a good looking kid . 🙏🕊️💫 . I no Loss as well my son was killed by a neighborhood Mother and her to boys with an overdose as well they killed my son with an drug overdose as well my son was only 14 as well .
The Monsters ... gave my son her drugs . Murdered my son in 2011 💫🙏
Poor baby
Prayers to the family so heartbreaking❤❤❤😢😢. The government needs to pass those narcan out to everyone because this is an epidemic. When you go to the pharmacy, they say it’s out of stock.
Heartbreaking...one of the many reasons I decided not to have kids...what a crazy fucked up world
My deepest condolences to this darling boy’s family. My dear friend also lost her precious son to this poison!! Dylan forever 29!! Ppl supplying this filth should be charged with murder. Rest peacefully Joshua. Forever 14 💔🙏🏼💔💔💔🙏🏼💔
I’ve been watching videos of fentanyl overdoses- and a lot of the moms have said the same thing she did. That they do everything they can to track them and protect them- then they think everything is better and then it happens
So incredibly sad!
Kids don't know...poor child! RIP Joshua - My condolences to all. I didn't know it's a nasal spray too, thanks.
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I am so sorry for your loss. There are no words to I can say. I have lost 4 loved ones to this poison. I think it has touched almost every family
It is not overdosing--THIS is POISONING!!!!!
It seems like these things happening yet you never hear about the person that sold the drug.. is it like once the person od's their phone gets completely scrubbed of the last you know couple phone calls which are more than likely the drug dealer
Sad
Sad Lord help please
Even worse than my last comment about how they seem to just lose the number of the drug dealer. None of these people live with themselves yeah they made $20 off someone but that person just died
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Praying for her addiction is real
Accountability is a Hated word!!!
Where’s the drug dealer? A minor too? There are dealers held responsible and in jail for grown folks making conscious decisions to OD….
Investigation is very necessary here
Horrifying & sad.
My 16 year old grandson was caught vaping pot ( I didn’t know you could vape pot ) his mother discovered eye drops in his backpack took pictures of what she found and informed him that they we’re going to have a talk but did not tell him about what. He threw away the eye drops because he kinda knew what she was going to talk about she told him that she isn’t stupid and took pictures of what she found so he wasted his time getting rid of evidence what tipped her off was he would send her weird text messages one time about doughnuts he wanted doughnuts and she was thinking why would he want so many doughnuts there were other weird phone calls and messages my daughter knows her kids very well she made it a priority to know them because she knew exactly how kids think from the people she hung out with in high school. She didn’t do drugs but she admitted she tried pot and didn’t like it she also tried drinking but didn’t like that either she also was the only one of her girl friends who didn’t have kids at 16….17 ETC….She was in her early 30’s when she had my grandson no she’s not perfect and I’m not in denial i really never had a problem with her and she was and still is very respectful to me. So with everything she saw in her friends what they did it made her really pay attention to her own kids so they wouldn’t become a drug addict or something worse she grounded my grandson he is a good kid and she kinda expected that he would try something but she told him that if he wanted to try something like that she would rather he try it at home where if anything happened something could be done because let’s face it a kid is going to try something at least once because they are not perfect and they want to fit in which definitely isn’t the reason to try anything but it happens unfortunately.
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Sickening.
The government needs to stem the influx. Why aren’t they?
She’s right! Marijuana is a gateway to other drugs. It starts out just like that
It’s not though. They prescribe it for medical issues. I live in Colorado and plenty of people use it responsibly. The “weed is a gateway drug” was used in the war on drugs government speeches in the 80s which was a massive failure because prohibitions don’t work. Ever wonder why alcohol which causes fatal accidents and has the most addicts addicted to it isn’t demonized by the government? Because the lawmakers consume it! Because the alcohol industry generates billions in tax revenue yearly and huge alcohol (and tobacco) companies donate millions to political campaigns.
alcohol kills weed doesnt
The sad problem is they wont make the dealer take responsibility for dealing, unbelievably
These young folks need to learn how to listen...RIP though..
I’m not sure how you get the message to kids that you can’t even experiment with this junk that’s on the street. What I do know is that you’ve got to be 100% honest, no drama.
When I was a teen, we watched “That’s Why They Call It Dope” in health class. This featured Jack Webb from Dragnet. A nerdy kid takes a few hits off a joint, immediately progresses to heroin, robs businesses, and ends up permanently psychotic and institutionalized.
Who would believe that cr@p? We didn’t then; kids wouldn’t now. And the stakes are higher now than they were in the early 70s.
Be truthful. You can’t scare someone straight with melodrama when the fentanyl crisis itself is deadly enough.
Every family needs to have narcan on hand in a lock box and if we never need it then that's great but if u need it and not have it is not acceptable in this day and age where it can be given to every family with teens and addicts
It’s very sad. However, NOBODY is forcing all these people to take drugs. What’s sad, as well, are the people who HONESTLY NEED a STRONG painkiller, and TAKE IT RESPONSIBLY. The Government, and the FDA is NOT supposed to be coming into our homes, babysitting. So, irresponsible people are taking away the ability for a patient who again, NEEDS pain control. I personally call that reprehensible to make a REAL PATIENT suffer, because BOTH Adults, and kids, are EXPERIMENTING to get HIGH from NEEDED medications, by REAL PATIENTS. I mean no disrespect to those that have lost loved ones from IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR. I wonder, however, do any of them know how much all of this big brother government control, is honestly hurting the patients who need medication, and can no longer receive, due to the ones wanting to get high??