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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

SHATTERED BY FENTANYL: A FAMILY’S JOURNEY TO SAVE LIVES

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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0:00.0

This is probably the biggest medical story that we've really only touched on.

0:05.0

There's been so much going on, but this one medical issue is killing more people than really anything else we talk about.

0:17.0

Of course I'm talking about the fentanyl crisis and I know you've seen it because you've been

0:21.6

watching the news.

0:23.4

It's a crisis of epic proportions.

0:25.7

It's the worst crisis that I've seen in my career.

0:28.0

The most deadly and devastating public health

0:31.2

and public safety epidemic.

0:33.0

We are now in the worst overdose epidemic in United States history.

0:36.0

The synthetic drug fentanyl has been having and is having a devastating effect on our communities all across these United States.

0:42.8

Federal authorities say that no related fatalities are now the leading cause of death for adults under 50.

0:48.6

According to the CDC, Fincinal was the leading cause for the record number of drug poisonings and overdose deaths in America last year.

0:57.0

Drug users who think they are buying prescription pills like Vicodin, Percocet, Oxy, or even Adderall, but the pills are fake and often contained fentanyl.

1:07.0

We seized over 10 million fake pills and 982 pounds of fentanyl powder.

1:15.0

That is enough to kill 36 million Americans.

1:19.0

Laura Brinker and Matt White lost their 17 year old son Connor White to fentanyl poisoning in May of last year.

1:27.0

He was on the floor in the bathroom, not breathing, and I immediately called 911 and started with CPR. It was too late.

1:39.0

Why is Fencenell so popular?

1:41.0

It is extremely potent high, it is dirt cheap, and it is incredibly easy to get.

1:46.5

I was in and out of jail, in and out of jail for years.

1:49.8

Crystal says she depended on fentanyl. She used so often, she overdosed more than a half dozen times.

1:56.6

Crystal says she should have died.

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