'The problem with this is everybody calls it an overdose, and it’s not an overdose,' said Dr. Beatriz Villarreal, the director of the nonprofit Mano a Mano Foundation. 'It’s poison. You’ve been poisoned by fentanyl.'
"The problem with this is everybody calls it an overdose, and it’s not an overdose," said Dr. Beatriz Villarreal, the director of the nonprofit Mano a Mano Foundation."It’s poison. You’ve been poisoned by fentanyl — because the kids who are dying from this, they don’t know they’re taking fentanyl." Villareal has been working to help educate Spanish-speaking families about the dangers of the drug.
Villarreal said there would even be powerful a firsthand account from a man named Jaime Puerta, who lost his 16-year-old-son to the drug. Grossman said law enforcement was aggressively prosecuting fentanyl cases and, because of that focus over the past five years, prosecutions have increased 1,600%. But he admits it will take a lot more than focusing on prosecutions to stop this epidemic."We’ve also significantly prioritized our resources on community outreach and prevention efforts and education efforts to try to stop the death toll." Grossman said everyone must be all-in to fight it.
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