Advocating for a Safer Future: Chris Didier’s Journey to End Fentanyl Deaths (ep. 576)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
Chris Didier is turning his own heartbreak and pain into heartfelt purpose.
In 2020, Chris’ son Zach was a 17-year-old star athlete, exceptional student, friend to everyone, and above all, a loving son.
After being contacted by a drug dealer on the social media app Snapchat, Zach consumed what he thought was be a legitimate pharmaceutical grade pill. Instead, Zach had unknowingly ingested a counterfeit pill made with a lethal amount of fentanyl.
Today, Chris works tirelessly in his advocacy to bring awareness and education of the dangers of illicit synthetics. He has partnered with numerous school districts, and state and federal agencies across the United States in an effort to saves lives.
Join us as Chris brings life-saving awareness to fentanyl’s deadly role in our communities, and learn how by dedicating himself to advocacy, it has helped Chris navigate his grief, find healing, and bring about meaningful change.
My friends, with the CDC calling illicit fentanyl the leading cause of death to Americans aged 18-45, this conversation has the ability to save lives and is a conversation for us all.
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| 0:47.3 | Welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 0:51.8 | John is the number one national bestselling author of the book On Fire. |
| 0:56.2 | He's a world-class inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the live-inspired podcast. |
| 1:01.3 | John interviews extraordinary individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from |
| 1:06.8 | accidental living and more fully live your life story. |
| 1:13.1 | Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:21.0 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. And as you know, |
| 1:26.3 | if you've been tuning in for longer than a single episode, many of our episodes that we interview our guest, get a little bit emotional. |
| 1:29.2 | They share personal stories, they share losses, they share things they've had to learn, |
| 1:34.5 | wisdom they've gained, challenges they've overcome. And today you're going to hear such a story, |
| 1:40.5 | but you're going to hear a man in the middle of that story. It's not over with yet. |
| 1:45.2 | It's a man who has experienced profound heartache, and you're going to hear that in his voice, |
| 1:51.2 | and yet as you go along for the ride, you're going to hear something that is worthy for you to take |
| 1:54.6 | on to. So let me tell you a little bit more about today's guest. Chris Didier is turning |
| 1:59.4 | heartbreak pain into heartfelt purpose of striving to keep others |
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