All over America, families are being broken by fentanyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifty times more powerful than heroin, this deadly drug is more addictive than anything that’s come before. It’s been in circulation in America for a decade, fuelling an unprecedented addiction crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A ruthless criminal network stretching back to Mexico, China and beyond, is pushing it into schools, clubs and onto the streets to hook people. In the US, more than 70,000 people a year are being killed by this synthetic opioid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, in a terrifying twist, fentanyl is killing school children who are buying pills laced with the drug on social media, and overdosing in their classrooms and in their beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The teachers, some of whom keep the reversal treatment narcan on hand in case a student overdoses at school, are calling for more treatment for mental health in children, a need even more urgent after the isolation many young people faced over the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The police leading the drug busts want more resources and better border control. They need help to break the criminal chain that is supplying the drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They all agree that action is needed now more than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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