Hidden Epidemic: US fentanyl crisis worsens | Nightline
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- Law enforcement, students and parents present dire warnings as the nation continues to see a rise in fentanyl overdose deaths.
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Blaming the cartels is just ridiculous.. As long as demand exists... Suppliers will find a way. Educate the society. Prevent!
They are educated this fool is in college and still did it so let them be
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@@KIMjB72 That doesn’t mean he knew about these drugs. My pain doctor moved and I bought pills on the street in 2013. I had no clue they weren’t where they looked like (that was pre-“fentanyl crisis”). I had no idea I could get Suboxone or methadone from a doctor for pain, if I couldn’t find a mainstream prescriber. I was in graduate school.
Right no self accountability
Like they said in the 1980’s Just say no ! 🇺🇸
operation fast and furious.
the dea is the cartel.
sinaloa = us army//////
Glad you survived Charlie... I had a brother who wasn’t as lucky as you. I hope you do something remarkable with your life.
🙏❤I agree
I’m sorry for your loss K. 🙏🏻
He will always be an addict. There is nowhere around that.
we need safe injection sites across the country
@@robinsss no what we need is healthcare for all
According to DEA, China remains the primary origin of fentenyl in the US, trafficked via Mexico. Odd not to mention that.
Facts
It’s bc U.S is part of the trafficking
They made a mess out of it. If people had a 2 day supply not to be sold, with 3 virgin laser inscribed needles, resterilized and recycled to the person, it would be cleaner than the rest of healthcare standards where sterilized instruments are recirculating. The problem is this: they just dunmped fentynal on the streets in needless so you have dirty needles going around and people trying to get wasted teenagers hooked on it at parties because as with coke, if somene can get 12 people to get hooked on it their stuff is free. So there's smash and grabs and home invasions to support their $400/day addiction.
Or, there's prescriptions, no more crack house but a regional business with a license. No one is selling any because they will run out, and others can get a prescription. Heroin addictions will burn out, instead the way they dumped it or in the streets they spread it.
Who wants to start a heroin addiction?
You can go get a prescription if you're addicted and the party pyramid structure stops from spreading. It would cost less and ends the crimes people commit while people would be in business with a license. You can afford that plant. 🌿
Now, WW2 was a multi national depop.ulation war
Check this out
45-65 percent of the world would say thanks for a take home fentynal drink with a micro serial number in it and the world wouldn't have to do WW3, 4, 5, 6.
The world would double its available resources to a world only full of those that want to be here, about half, and the average poor person would have 2 houses, 2 cars, 2 cows, ice cream, cheese and oil and clean water to last the planet.
Take fresh lawnmower clippings to be sprayed with water and put in a flash freezer and you might double your cattle production. All the head every week fresh cut from lawns and fields across America
Save 3200 on your property taxes, how somene to more your lawn on the day before pickup, fresh coupons and you qualify, bad nasty bags of grass go to a divided back part of the truck and you lose a little credit. Save 3200 and buy a t-bone and cheese and ice cream and milk while somene has a job mowing lawns! The grass gets taken and sprayed with water and frozen and sent to cattle ranches. As it thaws it picks up more mistrust and the cattle have food and water. On the ranch there is an indoor feeding area where grass comes out of the cooler on a conveyer, or is fresh and cool and ready to eat, and moist. As it comes out of the cooler on the conveyor so a little cool air and it is cooler where the cows eat with a plastic strip door keeping the cooler air inside. After awhile the concept takes The grass back into the cooler so it won't spoil and fresh grass comes out at the other end of the cooler conveyer
Do this asap
What a blessing he survived. A friend of mine died 3 weeks ago....so very sad.
Sorry for your loss
This will never stop because there is just so much demand plain and simple.
and money...
And for whatever reason the people in charge never seem to think to address the demand. It seems like they want people on drugs and everything else is just for show.
@@freethinkinmelanin6795 correct. The folks in the cartels buy and sell guns and drugs and then...the little folks pay for it..and are blamed for it?
This stuff is made in large industry factories.....this isn't small potatoes.
It makes me mad that people go to jail for years as the little guy....but consider where are all this is shipped from!?!
I mean. The government knows all of this stuff. How do they stop it?! I don't know. Sad.
Eh not really. There's certainly demand for opioids but the demand for fentanyl specifically is relatively low. Maybe it's what many dealers want but most users don't. I can see "demand" for opioids decreasing from this point on precisely because of fentanyl. Cartels have shot themselves in the foot.
Actually alot of addicts love fetanyl...
The chemicals to make fentanyl come from China into Mexico and then to the US.
We need to talk about this. We are in a proxy war.
🔥🔥🔥 exactly!
So agree...
China is definitely doing this to weaken us.
right? Mexico is definitely to blame but not 100%. I think the US is afraid of China, we always tiptoe around their BS
May be 17 security agencies of the US government have to do something to prevent/limit international illegal drugs trade?
Unfortunately college students think they are invincible. My son is a college freshman and he said drugs are everywhere in college. He said drugs are so easy to get just by walking into the bathroom. In fact, a student was found dead in the dorms at CSU today and it was probably from drugs.
Good your son Kno better than to use
Kids are so stupid. You'd have to be extremely stupid to risk your life just to get high.
that is terrible, what happened to kids playing having fun hanging out and dances normal things, I can't believe kids get into drugs. my daughter in middle school said kids do drugs in school, freaked me out. she is about to be home schooled.
As a child my mother told me the story of Karen Ann Quinlan and stressed the dangers of drugs and alcohol. I appreciate that my mother took the time to have that discussion with me. I never did any drugs because of the adverse effects that I was so afraid of and although it's not a cure all, parents must take the first step to have conversations with their children!
So true but they want to blame everyone else for the problem if they didn't buy the streets drugs then their wouldn't be a dealer
who's Karen Ann Quinlan ????
Her injuries were caused most likely by alcohol usage. Albeit, it's the most destructive drug on the planet.
It doesn't matter, some parents are way to strict and others are way to free. Keep talking your with kids and pay attention that's all you can do.
@@saysomething6271 wlever heard of this new-fangled thing called the internet?
I`m older so I`m past my experimentation phase but it does surprise me that anyone would take a chance these days given what is going on...
I`m glad this kid survived...
Its hard to fathom now as an adult. But as a teen its hard to fathom their mind set then. Teens feel invincible, and its not until its too late.
you basically just said you would try drugs in the past because you "knew" it was maybe heroin or cocaine and teens these days trying drugs is surprising because they're being cut with fentanyl LOL...
Not all generations experimented with drugs
Especially the depression crowd
Moonshine wasnt THAT safe tho
Idk why you said it’s hard to believe as if the generations before weren’t doing crazy drugs I mean the 70s, 80s, 90s oh and the 2000s… oh wait… it’s always been like this.
@@slayiana it was not the same because it was not readily available through phones to any kid in any town. Heroin? Was more or less a drug only to be found in ghettos, you also had to take a cab or subway to go and get it on the corner. It is a whole different ball game with new synthetic drugs (technology), phones, etc.
Same thing happened to my best friend , took a perk 30 had fentanyl he didn’t know , now he’s tattooed on my arm 💔
Yeah he knew idiot everyone knows it's fentanyl
, it's unique on how news outlets are covering this topic when it deals with certain populations. It's a mental health crisis vs criminalistic. The individuals are inherently good in nature but just happen to fall under extenuating circumstances. Very contrasting. I pray for the people & supportive family members who suffer from addiction and I also pray that this new found epiphany of empathy & grace extend throughout all populations who suffer pain and loss thru drugs.
People from all walks of life and background take drugs , many wealthy, from middle class, suburbia, and two parent households. As the kid said, it’s become ubiquitous in society and on college campuses. Too bad refraining from taking drugs doesn’t have the same virtue signaling effect as climate change and gender equality.
Preach!
Hey your making to much sense and pointing out the truth be careful.
I was trying to find the words to say this! All I can remember is my sister died of an overdose and the world didn't give a damn she was just a junkie. The demographic has changed and now we're supposed to be concerned. I pray they find a solution and all life is precious but forgive me for not being as caring as much as I should.
Yessssss the truth!
My brother also named Charlie died December 7, 2022. He was clean for a long time. His relapse killed him and we believe it was fentanyl.. I miss him so much. He was such a good person. So loving and caring and I know he would never want to leave us. I wish they would do more to stop this drug from circulating. Why don’t ppl care it’s killing someone’s brother/sister/daughter/son etc…? I just wish there was something I could do. Charlie I’m glad you’re alive. I wish my brother Charlie was still here I’d do anything to get him back
Best thing, stay away from drugs.
As far as can be! And anyone offering them, cut off all ties! That is how you'll survive, and That is the simple solution.
Yes, addiction doesn't come out of the blue and attack you ...Usually , you make a conscious decision to be addicted to something. The DANGERS of drugs have been preached in this country for decades , but many have intentionally not been listening to all the warnings ...So, as the saying goes , " You make your bed , you lay in it " Sorry, but I have no sympathy for these people ...My sympathies are elsewhere, for people who have bad things happen to them through no fault of their own.
My brother didn't make it... since I lost him to it in 2020, I haven't been "ok". He was 23 (almost 24), at the time, I had just turned 22... We were just like a lot of brothers.. we played Xbox together, loved sports, throwing the ball around, playing volleyball, going fishing... he made one wrong move. All of that is just a memory now. The people who make and distribute this drug... need to be removed from every society... permanently.
❤️ I lost my best friend. In an instant. I agree with you 100%. People are saying drugs should be illegal but i tbh m they should be legal because at least you know what you are getting! It was E for my friend :/. She was celebrating being done with nursing school and was the top of her class. We miss her immensely
What are your thoughts on politicians encouraging open borders? They’re part of the reason your brother is gone. This is what they want.
I am so very sorry for your loss. ❤
I'm so terribly sorry 💔
@@ryanblanchard2508 what are your thoughts on being quiet and not making everything about your political view l o s e r
My heart goes out to all of the relatives, and to those who have passed away in such tragic circumstances.
One pill is all it takes. We must educate our children throughly about these drugs.
Educating, kids does NOTHING. We've been educating them about drugs since the 1970s and its worse than its ever been.
Parents shouldn't rely on the schools and the government to educate their kids about the dangers of drugs ..
They HAVE TO do it themselves ,and start EARLY . They should be drumming it into their kid's heads about how dangerous drugs are .
TO LEARN ONCE FOR ALL: " FRIENDS DO NOT OFFER "DRUGS" ENEMIES DO!!!!
Religion works on the brain exactly like a drug does. Remember that.
Yes. Those sellers could actually be Satanic agents without you knowing. Those are not your friends, they are destroyers of destiny. Evil communication corrupts good habits, period.
@,Gigi you are right
I remember when I was young, we were taught don’t do drugs.
😂😂 right
Same. I was a sheltered kid and by the time I grew up and was on my own doing drugs seemed dumb instead of cool.
And if you were the ONE out of a thousand who didn't do drugs because of that message , CONGRATULATIONS !
Proceed with caution?!?? How about Say No To Drugs?!!!
Oh my god, those parents are heartbreaking. I'm so sorry for their loss.
Some of these grandparents did similar, but without fentanyl
It's all bad...
I thank God that you are alive Charlie, and that you survived to share your story and help others.
Lost my 23 year old cousin last year to fentanyl, you don’t know how much damage this brings to your loved ones stay safe everyone.
Fentanyl poisoned my 18 y/o cousin to death about 2 months ago.
This is crime against humanity.
@@blacktara3936 stay up, it’s hard but we gotta live for the both of them.
@@vikationvikation2762 Thank you. Hope you & yours are safe & well. Stay blessed!
Say no to drugs
I lost my brother a couple years ago, due to drug being laced with Fentynol. This is heartbreaking that so many young people are lost to this 💔, is the world we live in 😔. Thank God that Charlie survived and can share his story. May God bless him and all those who are suffering because of this.
Tens of thousands a year in the States alone for well over a decade, the authorities don't seem to mind.
I am so very sorry for your loss. ❤
@@MrLoobu they mind because it's taking out so many yt ppl maybe if a father was in the home the drug addict wouldn't be on drugs
@@michellebowers8652 they made a choice to take drugs had they said no it would be different
How do you know? You read the autopsy report? If not then you don't know.
It's good to hear the voice of someone who survived because so many don't. I personally know of three people who have died from a fentanyl overdose. One of them didn't even know he was taking a pill with fentanyl in it. I hope with all my heart that stories like this can help save the lives of many.
Lost my best friend nd my uncle less than a year
Turns out ingesting or injecting things of unknown composition and origin is stupid
Wow,I was on Fentanyl for several years,I never had a problem with it what so ever
I'm now a believer( ex Morphine Fentanyl RX use) that Fentyni is a great medication when prescribed and used per RX . I had no withdrawals,nothing, so I believe the street drugs are of grave concerns! I was in hospital when introduced to this med. And at the time, our young Quarter back made headlines that he had died from Fentanyl overdose, I went on and was prescribed this med.for over a year, I had no problems getting off of it and I did not taper as my Dr.died of cancer and I had no choice.it is the street drugs that kill,and when used improperly any drug can kill, Fentanyl saved my life,no matter how powerful, it worked wonders on my pain.Moral of story, DONT USE STREET DRUGS!Don't think you are buying rx meds.from your local drug dealers, use your meds as prescribed and you may be just fine
I survived Fentanyl just fine,I used as prescribed,it was an excellent medication for pain,and I easily ended my use of it,these stories are just horrifying.I can't quite understand because Fentanyl never did these things to me.Best of luck all...
This is sad but not surprising that it’s become such a big issue. Fentanyl use is pushed to kids and glamorized in shows like euphoria that normalize drug use. When I was in high school all folks did was drink or smoke weed. Now kids are casually taking percs, xannys, fentanyl. It’s crazy
Fentanyl's not even fun, it's just an instant life-ruiner. This is what people used to say about heroin, but now so many people wish they could get clean heroin. Maybe they could live actual lives again.
I wouldn't say Euphoria glorifies it. More like the opposite.
@@kellharris2491 you see what you want to see
And they're doing all these drugs BECAUSE the drugs are so easily obtained, and they want to be like all the other druggies...IT'S COOL, MAN ! NO, it's STUPID ,MAN! ...Be a leader , NOT a follower ... The only place your drugged-up friends are going to lead you is down the road to HELL ! WAKE UP ! Or someday you won't be waking up.
Rest In Peace to my brother. you meant so much to so many people
Those poor parents 😥
Yes, it's broke me when the mom said she wanted to give him a last hug 😭😭😭
@@jacqui5320 me too 😭
It’s heartbreaking 💔 my heart is missing a piece my beautiful 17 year old niece died last year by taking a Percocet laced with fentanyl giving to her by a friend. Please talk to your kids
I'm sorry for your loss 😢😢😢 it's heartbreaking 😢, but Yes!!! I have a already been talking to my 6yr old!!! Yes! My 6yr old because now that those monsters have been making them look colorful and candy lookalike, I have to have a talk with him already at such a young age because I'm scared to death that a kid will bring them to school and he may think it's candy 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I’m so sorry for you loss! I lost my 22 year old nephew last month. This evil drug is everywhere and no one is safe!
Please please spread the word around that Fentanyl looks like brandname Percocet and says 30 on it, it's round and blue. Or rainbow colors. I think it's over 100 times stronger than Percocet and people don't even know what it looks like. So pictures of it should be posted everywhere to help educate our people and keep us safe.
I was playing Russian Roulette with M30s. I knew they were fake but I was hooked. Had a legal script for Oxycodone 15 MG, but was also taking the M30s. Snorted every pill for 11 years, had a docs script for them too, never swallowed a pill. Did a medical detox for 5 days & I’ve been off them for 1.5 years. Good for you Chuck!
Thank you sharing your story...very brave of you. Thank God your friend happened to check on you.❤
0:28 Lol, loved the camera man zooms into a picture of the among us character w the word “Sussy” on top it’s head🤣
Praying for this generation. We're in evil days.
You are so right. Amen! 🙏
😃🖕To this new generation, wayyyyyyy more racist than the boomers ever were!
It’s not evil days! Humanity has been like this since day 1. So dramatic.
Nah you’re right though
Half the households in the USA do not have a father. Most mothers work 2-3 jobs. We have to address the problem of the absent father in our nation, they need to step up to head the family. As mandated by God and any psychotherapist.
Men are supposed to lead the family and should be the steward of this planet, they HAVE missed the mark!
Nurses deal with patients that have more than scrapes and bruises and covid, Lady!
"Just Say No"😂😂
When I was hooked on blow there was talk ab dealers in Portland cutting their supply w crystal and fentanyl and I didn’t care. “Don’t do drugs” it only takes one hit and then every priority in your life changes instantly. The need, addiction, and the feeling is far more important than anything imaginable. Death doesn’t scare addicts. It’s sad but it’s the truth I hope this helps show a lil perspective on an addict to non addicts but I honestly can’t describe the trance I was in. And I hope you’ll never experience it❤️
If you don’t take drugs you don’t have to worry about dying from a drug overdose. I’m so tired of this.
But what about LSD
@@elizabethbarajas8614 stop taking it they could possibly put powder in ur
Until someone close to you dies.
Why is it so easy to buy those drugs yet hard to even get someone arrested or held accountable for their action.
It's the American way. This country now SUCKS !
Geez the days of drinking beer and smoking weed and calling it a day are over. I'm glad Charlie lived he's so young and seems like a good lad and has a lot to offer.
I dated this girl in college who was in almost all respects more intelligent than I, yet she had a weak spot for weird drugs around campus. She just trusted that they were ok and couldn't imagine something so small could be deadly. Fortunitely none of them were but they still messed her up, plenty of times I'd have to take care of her after she took some sketchy tab. Glad she lucked out but stay away from all that crap. Hopefully cannabis will be legal everywhere soon, stick to that and some beers if you want to have a good time.
i'm 100x more worried about how they're making the synthetic opiods than a dosage. media wants you to think you can drop dead instantly from one pill, but that's far from the true LD100
Lots of “smart” people are like that, it’s crazy
We should ask why they want to take the pills in the first place. We need mental health programs
If you made it to college you should know better
Death penalty for whoever is producing this and selling this. My heart breaks for these parents, for our children
don't know what's more disturbing, comments suggesting murdering a drug users to stop him from selling, or is it the drug seller advertising in the first reply?
Agree completely no mercy on these monsters they are killing our children! Millions devastated by this evil drug! This stuff is everywhere and no one is safe!
Or for anyone who ALLOWS these drugs to flow into this country...Yes, Joe Biden ,I'm talking about YOU !
Things have really changed since I was this age. I am now 54. I could have very easily died by taking these kind of dangerous drugs had they been avaialble 35 years ago. Today I am a very successful business owner, a husband, a father, a brother and a very good friend - smart too. I did stupid things when I was his age, most of us did. This young man seems very smart too, educated and he made a stupid decision too. I applaud him for appearing on this show. I can bet he will NEVER, ever try drugs again. he was very lucky. This is such an important video. I hope lots of people share it.
I am your age and yes there was indeed dangerous drugs in our time, some more in geographical areas not wide spread and most reached a national level that is still in abundance today everywhere. But I will point out that the drug of fentanyl or worse car fentanyl is deadlier than any drug of our time hitting the streets unfortunately.
Yeah but there wasn't Chinese fentanyl back then either. They are trying to kill our young people.
Lmao. And humble to boot!
I lost my dad three years ago to fentnyl. I have list 36 friends. Never touched it... never will. It is just so very sad.
I’m am sorry for your loss, my 22 year old nephew died last month from fentanyl and I lost multiple other friends to herion before fentanyl hit the streets! We thought the 90s was bad things are so worse now it’s seriously scary! This stuff is everywhere and no one is safe!
Narcan really should be available for anyone to buy, same as any OTC first aid supply!
They'd probably abuse that too.😟
@@A.Walker. it's not something to be abused. It blocks opioid receptors to reverse an overdose. So I have no idea how it could possibly be abused.
NARCAN IS AVAILABLE at any PHARMACY without an RX.
More people should know this and have it on hand..
some states provide it free ...
As far as administration...
There's nothing hard about getting it in someone's nose via the most common form.. nasal inhalant spray.
Sooo... YES, YOU CAN NARCAN YOURSELF
..say accidentally take an additional dose of your pain med, or something, and you start to feel out of it, weird , not good as this kid said. It's not an instantaneous knock out.
The way they possibly abuse it?
Users feel they can do more dope bc they OD many times.. and use narcan to reverse..
/come back & repeat.
It's sickening
My 26 yr old son died of cocaine laced with fentanyl in June. I HATE that fentanyl is everywhere now and our Government isn't locking our borders down. Harsher penalties to dealers,traffickers need to be made for this to stop too.💜Jordan💜 forever 26
So sorry for your loss. My 22 year old nephew died last month from fentanyl! This evil drug is everywhere no one is safe!
I lost three family members in one year because of Fentanyl
No joke I just lost another family member from it
@@tiffanyandy my condolences are with you.
@No Soup For You wth are you to say that she is, the drug is deadly!
But was it because of fentynal? Not poor choice and irregular dosages? U can get clean drugs online really easily
Not sure what he took saying “I don’t feel so good”. I was an addict for close to a decade, all because the first time I tried it, I felt better than I ever knew was possible. Then your body and brain tells you you can’t live without it, all the while you are breaking the hearts of everyone that loves you. Recovery is possible, but please know that all it takes is just one try. Next thing you know it has you by the throat, and controls absolutely every second of your life.
Ha no it does not only take "one try". The only people who react that strongly to opioids and are basically guaranteed to be addicts are people who suffered from maternal neglect at a very young age. Because it deprives the brain of endorphins. People who were neglected as children react very differently to opioids, particularly the first time(s). Also I take hydrocodone all the time and feeling unpleasant on an opioid is pretty normal.
My brother is in this battle now and heartbreaking especially since we can do nothing tough love was my approach that still doesn’t work
Drugs don't affect everyone the same. Some people don't like the nausea/immediate side effects post high and don't do it again.
@@blessedhandsthemommythebus5708 Can do nothing? What about ibogaine? It basically forces you to quit.
@@blessedhandsthemommythebus5708 I’m so sorry to hear that. You have to use tough love as much as you probably hate doing it. It took me having my best friends pass away, my fiancé leaving me , and losing countless careers. I had enough one day, swallowed any pride I had and moved home with my mom (I’m almost 40) and literally locked myself in a room for 2 months. I eventually started taking kratom because my anxiety was too much to handle, and it has saved my life. I can send you my number if you or him need someone to talk to about it. Sending love your way
You should always assume that the illicit drug you’re taking could kill you, no matter if it had fentanyl. If it’s a pill, a powder, a wax, or anything you can’t trace you’re knowingly making a horrible decision. Laura is right, “don’t do drugs” isn’t effective because it lacks dialogue or context - But it is part of the answer, the other part is coming down hard on dealers.
Or...we can just regulate and legalize the adult consumption of drugs. Their price would plummet and everyone will know exactly what they're geting....pharmaceutical grade pre drugs. CVS and Rite-Aid both sell addictive drugs right now, you don't see drive bys and turf wars between them? Why? Because it's legal, not the black market where there is no legal recourse for grievances other than violence. But keep fighting this war on drugs...any day now there will be no drugs. Any. Day. Now.
What do you mean "no matter if it had fentanyl"? If you test it and it doesn't have fentanyl that's a huge relief no matter what drug it is. "Don't do drugs" is not part of the answer because only 1 drug is the problem and that's fentanyl.
I'm actually jealous of Russia and Iran right now having a "heroin problem". Wish we still had heroin in North America.. The first wave (oxy) and second wave (heroin) of the opioid epidemic was heaven compared to the third wave which is fentanyl.
@@Ryan88881 agree completely
The other part is cracking down on the COUNTRIES THAT ALLOW CARTELS TO OPERATE
@@lovesallanimals9948 like America??? If we didn't want fentanyl getting in from china, it wouldn't be here.
Charlie thank the Lord you survived, please please keep sharing your story! We need victims of this fentanyl crisis to scream this from the rooftops. Hopefully your story will resonate with others who are considering taking any illegal drugs.
Idiot
You mean thank the doctor ya MORON 🤦🤦🤦
How are those parents not balling their eyes out???
@Kristen L victims??? What do you mean no one is forcing these ppl to take the drugs on the streets if a doctor didn't give you or anyone a prescription then you shouldn't be taking them plus, this only matters because generation of yt ppl are dying but during the crack epidemic when it was killing black ppl no one cared no laws passed,no you get rehab over jail fk that y'all old enough to know don't do drugs
@@everybodyyogastudio212 because they know their kids are druggies
I lost my husband to fentanyl March 2021
So sorry Linda ❤️. I hope you’re doing well now.
I'm sorry for your loss ❤️
I’m so sorry
We’ve been fighting the “war on drugs” for over 50 years now. I thought we would be winning by now. Glad you made it Charlie.
Another question to ask is; why are people feeling the need to take drugs? Because youve cut them off from nature. Forcing people to pay to enter parks; not giving them places to camp... closing parks at night forcing people to go home or to a party or bar. There has to be more outlets than partying and stuff at night; not everyone wants to sit in a bed and watch netflix; its depressing
People are also dealing with trauma and kids are growing up in toxic environments.
I don't think it's any one thing but I do believe there needs to be more focus on eliminating the attraction and addiction. Getting a drug off of the street just leads to them finding a replacement because THEY WANT TO GET HIGH.
Definitely need to look more into the why.
The primal desires in mankind. We've advanced so far, but have never overcome them.
You're projecting. Yeah, seperation from nature contributes to maybe not respecting your environment and your role as a person in our society, but the root is mental healh issues. Step back and look at this situation with a wider lense and don't look at it to try and conclude a reasoning.
@@marshalyapado Mental health problems have many causes and among them are certainly an unhealthy and unnatural living environment. So the original comment is putting too much emphasis on one issue but its not wrong
No it's because the structure of our society itself is a dumpster fire.
Partying is OVERRATED when the consequence is parents having to burry their kids😢😢😢😢😢😢
I was out having beers at 1am with my nextdoor neighbor, and my neighbors daughter across the street pulled up OD'ing on this trash. I performed CPR and she started to breathe again after a large gulp of air. I was also honored to carry a 94 year old WW2 survivor out of her house while it was on fire I've never experienced such instances until that point, I also didn't hesitate to do what I could. We have the power to make this world the best or worse place, for whatever reason you can muster. Other than corruption, greed and our own desires above others. I'm the worst, so if I can accomplish those two small tasks, you all should be doing 100 times more.
Drug addicts aren't my problem.
I don't hang around losers. Only elites
I don’t know who’s reading this but if you are be very very cautious about even walking past or even standing near someone who you suspect is on that drug I literally walked passed someone and in that same moment he opened his jar and the breeze blew some of that garbage into my airways and I felt it, it is terrifying and a terrible terrible feeling I warn you DO NOT even walk near these people it is not a joke stay very far from these people
same experience I've had many times from living next door to these drug addicted ghouls
This is not true, breathing in a little fentynal won't do anything to you. Police departments like to pretend that this happens too. Just stop and read.
Thank you for the warning. ❤️
I'm good . . . I don't hang around losers.
@@csc1641 Empathy is what makes us human. Plenty of great people have become addicted to opiods
This should be the TOP news story (after Ian coverage that is) EVERY D*MN night. This drug is killing our young people.
It gets too old for a nightly coverage. People will begin to think its boring.
Besides, we can all talk about it till we are blue in the face but that's not going to solve anything.
We need yo look at who is letting this continue. Usually its s group of bad cops who realize selling yhe same thing they are trying to get rid of can be very, very profitable
Why can't the news create shows regarding the reasons why people use drugs to begin with? They're looking for solutions instead of looking for causes. Very stupid media we have out here.
Glad you survived man. I had a buddy that was not so lucky. And same with his good buddy. Right after I got married and stopped hanging out with all my single friends, that’s when a couple of them dropped. Being married and having a family has been a blessing in more ways than one.
But hey let’s keep the border wide open and let these drugs flow in more than ever. 🤦🏻♂️
Its insane this biden person..he does NOT represent the citizens of the US
Most drugs come through ports... like the vast majority of them. At least know where you should increase security. Not to mention the tunnels the drill out, submarines they make, and unless we do the same thing with Cananda they will just come in through there. "I hate these bad roads in my state, if only we could close the border, it's from to many brown people using the roads". God you people are stupid.
yeah blame the border not china 🤦♀️
This has been going on long before the news picked it up, I’ve been in the scene since I was 18, I’m 24, I’ve been to countless shows at clubs where people “wig-out” or just flat out collapse to the ground, foaming at the mouth, fake drugs are a huge problem and have been, Ecstasy, Coke, Pills, Ketamine, are no longer a good time, it’s a serious risk that you might not make it through, I’ve seen so many people get pulled out of night clubs and concerts on stretchers. If we legalize drugs people won’t get poisoned, I know it’s not what America wants, but guys, regulation of drugs would solve this problem.
Agreed
I agree
I wish they would have dealt with crack cocaine with this kind of caring💔
.....yep, so do i,...but instead, The LEGAL and POLITICAL powers-at-be turned a blind 👁 to the ten's of thousands of drug deaths in "certain" communities and celebrated those numerous deaths,....OR if they didn't die they were givin longgg prison sentences.
......what a Beautiful country the United States is,...Right🤢
So do I. 😢😡
I wish you all the best, God bless you 🙏❤
I come from a family of heroine addicts; I had three uncles pass away from long term heroine use in the last 20 years. I had one uncle left and he just died a month ago from a heroine that was laced. I am thankful he no longer is in pain from addiction but it’s life they lived. I am thankful I have no type of addiction but it can happen.
What else aren’t they lacing?.
My observation is that the young generation doesn't carry the fear, or at least respect for drugs we had. I'm GenX and you would stop and think before trying something, and, at least for me, there is a major divide between smoking a joint and doing coke or pills (both of which I never ever have).
Right their is a different plus in the black community we teach our kids not to leave their drink if they are out partying and don't do street pills
I remember 20 yrs ago cigarettes that were laced with crack cocaine and weed too, I’m sure it can be laced with fenty now.
This is because THEY grew up seeing EVERY adult on pharmaceuticals...
I was prescribed Codeine at age 4 for bronchitis, I literally date this back to the start of a very long battle for me, everybody was high growing up it was rare to know somebody that wasn't
Naw it the entertainment industry making these kids think its cool, that plus America failed war on drugs only leaves us with trash quality drugs smh
We are having at least 2 students every other week dying of this.
Its so tragic. And it’s everywhere. I work in EMS and it’s becoming harder to wake people up with just one dose of narcan.
@@biankadiaz1235 they had to use 3 narcans to revive a kid at my school
In high school or college?
Bet you'll all miss heroin...good ol heroin..I miss it...that's why I quit. Fentanyl sucks. It's potent yea but no euphoria, it's cold synthetic and clinical. Heroin feels like a warm hug from God. NO comparison. Bring heroin back
And if you ask Biden or Kamala the boarder is closed . Liars ! we know it’s wide open and cartel is bringing this across.
My doctor and pharmacy, both, have given me Narcan for just in case. I've never done street drugs whatsoever. They gave them to me because I am prescribed pain medication for a long-term health condition. I'm careful regardless, and never take more than my dosages everyday. But it's good for 'just in case'. I wish Fentanyl never existed... scary stuff.
fentanyl was developed for people who where dying of cancer, this was to give them pain relive before there passing, some how the drug company was able to get people that had bad backs, or knees or other pain addicted to this stuff, then the cartels got a hold of because the formula of it was leaked on the internet, and there is some prof that this was done by a drug company to hurt there competitor look into it, the usa gov knows all about this, this was all under w bushs presidency so many bad things happened everyone says bad things about trump and biden but they are nothing compared to the shady stuff bush and the republicans at that time did
Huh? You can't Narcan yourself, you know.
@@LoloO42 That's what I said. I think they mean in case of accidental O.D. But still... there wouldn't be so many O.D.s if that were the case. Their logic here is confusing.
Yours arent fake youll be fine.
@@LoloO42 right 😂😂😂
We had 4 students to overdose in Selma Alabama with one dying about 6 weeks ago...very sad...I didn't know until reading the comments on a post about it that the school does NOT keep naloxone on hand...yep...not even the nurse
On April 16, 2022 our youngest son died of a fentanyl overdose. this is scary and real
Do not forget China the manufacturers it’s imported by the Cartels , come manufacturing in Mexico but mostly China.Lost a friend 5 months ago thinking it was ecstasy
We really need to educate our children about these drugs.
A lot of kids are aware there bad and potentially deadly, some just don’t care though
They Kno they just don't care and we should leave it at that
@@KIMjB72 It’s clear you don’t know how drugs change the brain, and that addiction is a neurological disorder you can’t outsmart. So how would people who struggle with it know before they start?
As a recovering addict I'm so glad I got out in 2012. I carry narcan with me wherever I go just in case I come across someone who needs help.
I’m in shock the mother of my sons classmate just die yesterday she took this pill and die she was so young and now those babies left behind terrible indeed.
Testing kits should be available to anyone who takes drugs. Testing sites should be part of healthcare. Blaming the cartels isn't getting to the root cause. Why are there so many addicts in the US? Every school & college should offer testing services. Without shame or criminal charges, drugs will not stop but these vital services can save lives.
Every person in the US should carry Narcan. I'm glad the schools are providing it. It's a step in the right direction.
Harm Reduction is the way through this.
No. Clean drugs should be available to any (adult) who wants to take drugs. Also why are you assuming this is an addiction issue? Addiction is old news. The headline these days is death. Most users aren't even addicts. People just want to get fucked up. Legalize heroin and oxy and watch the problem go way literally over night.
I just don't understand why they feel the need to spike it In stuff.
There's plenty who will buy it knowing full well that's its pure fentayl.
@@sundinfamforlife4129 it's cheaper and easier to make
What’s narcan?
Go after the dealers
😢😢 my 2 daughters died from fentyanol. My youngest daughter age 30 died in 2018 😢😢Then in 2023 jan.4th my oldest daughter 38 years died. Each of my daughters had 2 children. 😢 im left with 4 grandaughters that are now having to grow up without their mommies. My dear God why is our government not doing their jobs??? What the hell are they doing about the worst epidemic we have ever had? They go to pick up our childrens bodies in their death vans. Take them to a funeral home and that is that! 😢😢 we are left without any charges of murder, nothing. They sweep our children under the mat and thats that. We are left trying to answer their childres pleas, tears, questions! We, the parents, sibblings and friends are left broken, beaten, and so so badly hurt and depressed. The pain of loosing my two beautiful, beautiful daughters leaves me feeling like i cant breath. Im in shock. Our meantal health centre kno nothing about people dealing with this deep, deep, dibilatating grief. Drs 😢hand me anti depressants that leave me wanting to sleep all day. 😢😢. I really dont want to wake up to face the pain of another day. But i have to! I have my daughters children with me every 2nd weekend. I want to know what our doctors with narcotic licenses. Medical association, government, and our boarders are doing to stop this death by fentyanol epidemic? They seem to be doing nothing! I feel like they just dont care or that my 2 daughters dying both canadian citizans, mean nothing to them?
The very people we vote in are doing nothing. 😢😢 i want answers but know i will never get them
The city i live in, the police in my city find quiet areas to park in and sit in their vehicles do nothing to help rid our areas of the drug dealers. Im just left in shock, pain and i suffer through my days. MY Dear God why isnt our Governments opening their eyes to this crisis. There have been thousands of deaths from fentyanol. They could do something about our countries epidemics and they turn their backs. They sure closed our boarders and shut things down when we had the covid epidemic because it was killing people! Im pleeding for answers and our government to do something about the fentyanol crisis. These thousands and thousands of deaths are going to affect so much in our countries in alot of ways eventually. The deaths all seem to be our young. Age 25 and up? What is going save peoples pensions etc....there are more people dying from fentyanol than covid by far! I want to know if our government is purposely turning a blind eye? I want to thank you so much if youve read my whole coment. Im one in thousands, and thousands of mothers that have lost their child or in my situation 2 children! We need answers from our government, and what they are doing about this crisis?😢😢 My daughters names are Laura, and Kristen. Laura had 2 children names are Emma, and sydney
Kristen also had 2 children, brielle, and her son mason. All 4 of these children need their mothers and are hurting.
Fentanyl is a rock hard drug, no doubt. I was a heroin and then fentanyl IV addict for over ten years. First time I saw it was around 2003-2005. I paid 1000kr (around 100USD at that time) for one gram pure fentanyl. People died like flies in my town, many of them was my friends. Then it disappeard for many years and showed up again around 2015. What I want to complain about though is the info that goes out to the public. One say it is 1000 times stronger than heroin, others 100, others 50, etc. This make kids think that all of it is bs. I got in to a methadone program in december 2015 and has been clean since.
Naw it was crack first killing black ppl and no one cared
What city or even state if you don’t mind me asking?
@@djkiid7764 This was Sweden. It came and went away forever* in a couple of weeks. A lot of friends died, like I said, and we who lived told others about it as if we dreamed back to an utopia. "You only needed a grain of salt IV to get on the nod..." *I say "forever" because even though fentanyl has come back I haven´t seen that kind that literally looks like table salt.
So glad you’re ok! I went through the same…also got on Suboxone in 2015!
@@majkolsson7192 Wow didn’t realize it was that prevalent. Was expecting you to be from the Midwest of the US. Glad you recovered, I wish the world knew how medical professionals played a role in the drug becoming more popular and accessible.
Nurses “taking care of scrapes and bruises” shows complete bias against a mostly female led profession. It also demonstrates complete ignorance of the role of nurses at schools and in other roles. I didn’t spend five years of my life getting a BSN, taking anatomy and physiology including the dissection of human and meeting rigorous standards to be marginalized in such a way. Trust me when I say that nurses have been in administering Narcan in Various situations for many, many years. Nurses can only have as much of a role in preventing Fentanyl deaths as an organization will mandate.
So you just taking pills and don’t know what your taking to have a good time🤔
Why are you taking drugs someone gives you to party
Be thankful because I loss my son Ken King 3/21/17 from FENTANYL TOXICITY and he was not alone but his so called friends let him die and then stole his belongings, jeans, sweatshirts, new jacket, shirts, tshirts, all his fitted hats, new big bottle of Georgio Armani, new big bottle of Curve, my son had nice clothes but when they finished taking from him I had to go shopping for clothes to bury him in. Ken would never have let anyone die he cared about others more than himself
I’m so sorry. That’s horrible, what they did to him. I would not doubt he got in that scene because he was trying to help his friends, and not act like he was better than others. I went through that, but I was so fortunate to recover. I have finally learned you can’t fix others or anticipate they will return your kindness. This has not dampened my love of others. I just work in the recovery community and foster animals to help now, and am careful who I allow in my inner circle. I was not, though, for a long time. So sorry about your loss. 😢
@@sciencenotstigma9534 thank so much❤I'm trying to bring awareness to the Fentanyl crisis I can't bring my son back but hopefully I can save someone else's, it's not an overdose it's a poisoning and it's murder
I’m so sorry for your loss. I lost my 22 year old nephew last month and he was in almost the same situation! He was at home with a so called friend, the friend let him die and stole from him! My mom and niece found him and the neighbors gave him narcan waiting for the ambulance but it was too late, he was on life support a few days but didn’t survive. These people making and selling fentanyl should all get the death penalty because they are killing our kids and destroying the lives of millions!!!
I lost my good friend Max Roberts to pills he bought from a guy he used to go to a lot. They were usually real and he even tested them. He died a few months ago, he was 17 years old. Rest in peace my friend
It's everywhere here in Grand Forks, North Dakota
What do authorities do after seizing the drugs?
What a cutie pie. glad he’s okay, & RIP to those lost and the ones we will continue losing - such an awful epidemic. 😢
Horrible for this generation. When i was raving every weekend 15 years ago, we were rolling all the time and nobody got poisoned. If someone died, they died of dehydrations..
My uncle made music and he took a trip to cali and got a fake Percocet and died in a car his first night there. Them mfs in cali really need every pill out there alone!!!
This is such an important message to get out..TY for doing this💜Please parents/caregivers don't think..just KNOW it is in your schools and collegs towns ect💔and if nothing else pier pressure is real😔God bless all of you and your precious families🕊🙏💜
This is why I carry Narcan
My friend had a neighbor that would always come hang out he was 5 years younger … he became friends me and others from the same HS when we all eventually graduated.. he got into fent after his mom died and od’d. Rip fig :( hope you’re happy up there ❤ this stuff is terrible. Ppl seek them out that’s crazy🤯
We need harsher penalties for the people.who distribute fentanyl. They should ingest their own product for punishment
Just say no Lisa. What’s so hard about that?
@@karaghanascythianslayer3822 would you say the same if someone you love died from that even though you told them to say no
@@lisadelgado6705 Yes. Do you recall the crack era? It was nothing close to this but made to seem 1,000 times worse & instead of an empathetic approach they did ridiculous raids using armored vehicles & military style police. They gave out mandatory sentences in prison even for one tiny piece of crack. They destroyed communists by destroying families & now that these drugs are affecting a certain demographic Im suppose to feel sorry… Naw it’s my turn let ‘em see how it feels.
Exactly. There are other countries where selling is punishable by the death penalty, and you barely have these issues there. That's the first step, will help a lot.
@@lisadelgado6705 oh come on! the lack of accountability on the person buying it and taking it just goes out the damn window now!? Abusing drugs is a choice.
This epidemic I wish Governments treated like "Covid" . The dealers are murderers.
Good documentary 👍💐🌺🌺
thank you for taking a very personal perspective to this heartbreaking problem. It is a paradox that we live in a time with more widespread knowledge than ever about substances and their abuse, but yet people demonstrate such a profound lack of common sense and disregard the risks. One cannot assume that someone else is always going to be there to rescue them from their bad decisions. My sympathy goes to the families, but not the deceased.
Oh so *_this_* is an epidemic. But not the drugs that were flooded into predominantly Black communities to fund wars. I wonder how many ghettos had air ports and pilots that could fly to South America back then. I hope at least these people can get the help they need and aren't criminalized for being users.
Preach!
Exactly !!👏🏾👏🏾
I dont know of any drug since the sixties that was sold primarily to blacks. There were just as many whites using crack back then. It wasn't focused on because they wanted Americans to think it was a Black problem, but crack saw no color once the money appeared.
I lived in Cali and then, just like today, esp on San Diego planes flew in drugs, dropped them on a target snd turned around to go back for more.
Something needs to be done with this problem...because..
..it's far worse than any gun violence.
My 17 years son is dealing with this now. I am so sad. Just send him to rehab last night. My heart broke . How can they get it online ?
This drugs won't hurt you won't kill you won't make you a addict if you just stay away from it don't try it..all it takes is one second is all over.
Why r people so weak!? Just say NO!!!!
My brother not too long ago took what he believed was a Xanax however little did he know it was laced with Fentanyl and other drugs.He was cold and unconscious my dad performed CPR while the paramedics came luckily they brought him back.
He tells me he doesn’t do drugs anymore however he still smokes Cannabis. I know people say it’s not bad for you however I think otherwise that’s how he started with Cannabis and tried seeking out other drugs. I tried seeking help for him. However he refuses and right now he is in a depressed state. He lost his job, no longer exercises ( he extremely skinny), lost his girlfriend and doesn’t socialize with anyone. Everyday I check up on him just to make sure he is not dead from taking drugs or hurting himself.
I just hope that if you are thinking of using drugs don’t just think of how it may not just effect you but those that love you as well.
good job. spend more time with him please
People tend to overuse cannabis for many reasons but one of the main reasons I notice is ironically; a lack of access to other drugs. Meaning they have to use the same drug (cannabis) for any and all purposes which rapidly leads to tolerance, dependence, depression, depersonalization, etc. He probably has other problems and traumas if he can't use other drugs responsibly or has a problem with drugs in general but I don't know if it's just weed that's like that for him. I honestly had to use opioids and cocaine to get me off weed. And by off weed I mean off the dependence because I use it now in moderation and get no ill effects anymore. When you abuse or overuse weed it tends to do the opposite of what it's 'supposed' to do.
Also psychedelics are incredibly effective for beating weed addiction. I suggest pushing him towards acid or shrooms so he can at least see how clearly he's fucking up. He has to be ready to face the truth though if he goes the psychedelic route. They hold you accountable.
Cannabis usually isn’t a gateway drug. It’s usually alcohol…
Cannabis is the lesser of the evils to do with drugs, alot of us use it to help get off heavier drugs .. theres no addictive qualities and no withdrawals, which is why its accepted alot more .. my dad is an alcoholic and I've been addicted to opioids (a certain pill) for 18 years.. it's a terrible battle, I always thought the pills were a better drug than the alcohol because of seeing my dad drunk growing up and everything that came with it .. but there is no better trade! You're right that weed and all the rest is just better avoided! I have 2 teenagers and luckily neither are interested in drugs, smoking, drinking .. and I couldn't be happier about that, but if it so happens in life that they are brought to emotional desperation and feel like abusing anything, weed would be the better of them all. A few drags off a joint rarely will harm no one .. it's when you're smoking it all day long that it's an issue, and it is a slippery slope
weed rules!
Oh! Good to see you back kicking!
We visited the border in taxes last month and we were in shock to see how people are just walking across border, thousands - we went at around noon and again at night and it was the same.
Texas?