Editor: Re: Our View: Remind grads there’s no such thing as “good” drugs, NOW, May 23
I wanted to take a few moments to thank you for your opinion piece and keeping the conversation alive about this very serious issue. Fentanyl is a chameleon-like impostor among drugs, and fentanyl kills.
Used properly in a medical setting, it can be a very powerful anaesthetic; on the street, however, it is often so potent, a person never wakes up from it.
I hesitate to use the term “overdose” because this suggests that there is in fact a safe dose. There is not. The statistics are staggering and the devastation overwhelming. We must not stop talking about this epidemic which is stealing the lives of our children, parents, friends and relatives. No one is immune.
Miranda Vecchio, executive director, Charlford House Society for Women
