As fentanyl claims yet another young American life, Kentucky father shares his story

Kentucky father Alan Reed detailed his son's addiction and death from fentanyl after the son was given Oxycontin for a sports-related injury. Many parents have faced a similar grief.

Brandon was in and out of treatment centers, but he survived until he encountered fentanyl in October of 2021. One needs to understand the desperation in the mind of an opiate addict — and the madness in the world of users. So far this year, the Warren County task force has seized 14,055 fentanyl pills. There's no way to tally the drugs that made it past the cops and to the street.

When Alan drove Brandon to an addiction treatment center in Branson, Missouri, they stopped at a spot they called the "big rock" on the Cumberland River to fish once again, before Brandon made another attempt to get clean.