The synthetic opioid fentanyl continues to kill Americans, and Alaskans are dying at the highest rate in the country. An Alaska mother lost her son in October 2021 and is trying to prevent others from suffering the same fate.
An Alaska mother lost her son in October 2021 and is trying to prevent others from suffering the same fate.Sandy wants everyone to see his face. The face of a normal kid from Alaska who loved fishing and the mountains, who died at 22 because of fentanyl.Sandy tells me her son struggled with addiction but was on the road to recovery. She expected a relapse to set back his progress, not kill him. But Bruce’s unknown encounter with fentanyl did just that.
Sandy is urging education surrounding the dangers of fentanyl. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over 71,000 Americans died from the synthetic opioid in 2021. Alaska saw a 75.3% increase in overdose deaths from 2020 to 2021, the largest percentage increase of any state. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she introduced “Bruce’s Law” to try to tackle one of the root causes of fentanyl deaths - lack of awareness.Murkowski’s bill would charge the Department of Health and Human Services with launching awareness campaigns around the country, focusing on young people, and hoping to minimize the impact of fentanyl-compromised drugs.
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