Families who have lost kids to fentanyl share mixed feelings about today's test strips
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Illegally made fentanyl is the key driver of the recent increase in overdose deaths among America's youth — which is why some are pushing fentanyl test strips to detect the drug; yet concerns exist about the increasingly available test strips. Fox News Digital spoke to Ed Ternan, father of Charlie Ternan, who died in 2020 from a single fentanyl-laced pill.
Just one pill — one single pill — can lead to death. Song for Charlie works to raise awareness about "fentapills." "There is no such thing as a pill that has been tested. If it is presented in pill form, [then that pill] has not been tested for fentanyl." "We’re done with dead kids. We’re done with accidental overdoses." "I just don't think it's a good policy to make it easier for people addicted to drugs to use drugs."
The urgency? Illegally made fentanyl is the key driver of the recent increase in overdose deaths — and deaths involving fentanyl are growing the fastest, among America's young people ages 14 to 23.