Fentanyl, Involved in My Son’s Death, Is No “Weapon of Mass Destruction”

In December, the federal government announced it would classify illicit fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction.” Having buried my son after his fentanyl-involved overdose, I understand the desperation that might cause people to support such a declaration. When your child dies, you want the country to finally treat the crisis with the gravity it deserves. But my son’s struggle taught me that extreme, punitive measures will lead us further away from what would have saved him and countless others.

Calling fentanyl a “weapon of mass destruction” may sound powerful, but it risks misleading grieving families into believing that military action is an answer, when in fact it is liable to result in more preventable deaths.

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