Fatal Facts of Fentanyl

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The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl podcast is dedicated to raising Awareness to the illicit FENTANYL crisis hitting the USA.

The goal is to SAVE LIVES and families from this travesty.

Awareness and Education are the Key.
Knowledge is Power!

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Addiction doesn't discriminate—it can begin in the most unexpected ways, even through legitimate medical treatment. In this powerful conversation, Kelly shares the heartbreaking journey of her son Peyton, whose battle with opioid dependency began after cancer treatment.

At 16, Peyton was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. The high-dose steroids used to save his life had devastating side effects, deteriorating his hip bones and requiring a full hip replacement by age 19. The prescription pain medications that followed created a pathway to addiction that eventually led to tragedy when what he thought was a Pe...

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RE-UPLOAD ... Season 2, Episode 1.. Original Interview for Season 1, Episode 1 was in July, 2021 with Derek Maltz, SR. ~ former DEA Special Operations leader, and more recently... 

The Acting Director of the DEA - Appointed by President Donald J. Trump from January-May, 2025

The information STILL remains Relevant and True as of NOW.  Some Changes have been Made in AMERICA, yet, more NEED to be made in Order to SAVE LIVES.  

America faces an unprecedented drug crisis as Mexican cartels and Chinese criminal org...

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Interview with Jaime Puerta, president of VOID,  Victims Of Illicit Drugs, in particular Illicit Fentanyl bombarding our country with hundreds-of-thousands of deaths of our youth and young adults.  Jaime is a grieving father who lost his 16-year old son, Daniel when he ingested a counterfeit pill that he purchased on SNAPCHAT, full of deadly Fentanyl that killed him.

Death by Deception!

Since, his son's death, Jaime has worked tirelessly in bringing awareness and education about the social media threat to all children, and for advocating for more common sense la...

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It can happen to anyone. My son was poisoned with a counterfeit Percocet that contained pure fentanyl.

We lost our amazing son, Matthew Thomas, at 20 years of age to fentanyl poisoning. He took what he thought was a Percocet and died moments later on the morning of 07/25/2020. Because of this tragic loss our family experienced, we want to do everything in our power to keep another family from suffering this way. That is why we created Matthew's Voice.

The mission of Matthew’s Voice is to...

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Understanding Addiction - Know Science, No Stigma... Interview with Dr. Charles Smith,  author of this most informative book ... a must-read for those struggling from the tragic effects of drugs and alcohol.. and for their families to understand the behaviors often associated with this disease of addiction. 

Dr. Smith is an expert in this field with personal, firsthand experience with the humiliation and shame that accompanies substance use disorder.  He points out that addiction is a disease .. no less so than diabetes, heart disease or hypertension... and needs to be tre...

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Angel Mom of Tiffany and Zachary.  My children are gone - I fight to save YOURS.

The overwhelming majority of Fentanyl POISONINGS are NOT "overdoses".  The term "overdose" implies the user had knowledge of the presence of illicit fentanyl and CHOSE to use it anyway and then used too much.  This is NOT what is happening in the majority of cases with illicit fentanyl.  We call this the new "paradigm" in the drug world.

Counterfeit prescription pills made to look IDENTICAL to a prescription Adderall, Percocet, Oxycontin, Xanax are pour...

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"This gets more ridiculous everyday.  And what is even more ridiculous is the complete lack of effort on the part of this administration in getting the word effectively spread.  And where are State and local Public Health agencies in doing the same.  It is their immediate responsibility to alert the public to any Public Health emergency.   

Illicit Fentanyl, it’s analogs, and the manner in which they are deceptively distributed, is one of those emergencies, and is something that is not, but needs to immediately be put in the spotlight!!"

Quo...

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The first thing I told the detective on the case was,

“I don’t want any other mommies to feel this way! I don’t want this guy to kill anyone else! Promise me you’ll get him!” 

I didn’t know Fentanyl was being sold in street drugs, on Snapchat, or in our community until Luca died. My need to warn the community (Awareness) outweighed my need for vengeance. Just so we’re clear vengeance and justice aren’t even close to each other.  In the beginning my mind was set on ve...

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Imagine devoting your whole career serving your country as a Naval officer, then in law enforcement and now working for the federal government combating the drug crisis in America... and your own son succumbs to fentanyl poisoning.  

To protect this mans identity... He has agreed to an interview using a different name and being anonymous.  He fights this fight everyday of his life. 

He is one of many special agents across the United States and around the world who remain on the front lines of the global fight to ide...

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One day at a time... This is an interview with Freida, a mother who lost her only 2 sons.   Her oldest son to a homicide and 4 years later his brother died from Fentanyl poisoning.   Both died at the age of 24 years old.   This is Stephens and Michaels story shared by their mother.  

Ripple Effect...."We began to lose Michael when we lost Stephen"

As you can empathize, when Stephen died from a homicide... his family was devastated! 
 Freida channeled her grief by getting involved with homicide related death support groups...

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RAPP, short for Relatives Against Purdue Pharma... An activist group who testified at hearings, lent support at whistle-blower trials and marched outside pharmaceutical-funded physician meetings to make their voices heard to bring awareness and education towards much-needed changes with the opioid crisis in America. 

Their leader was Ed Bisch, an I.T. worker from Philadelphia who’d lost his 18-year-old son, Eddie, in 2001. They called him the Godfather because he’d brought them together in the first place, via his website, OxyKills, shortly after Eddie’s death.

As for the God...

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Zach purchased on SnapChat, what he thought was a Percocet.  That one pill ended his life with a lethal dose of Fentanyl.  Death by Deception!

Parents need to realize the drug paradigm has shifted dramatically since they themselves were teenagers. 

"My son would have never taken that pill if he knew the market was flooded by these counterfeit pills.  All you get is a rude awakening  when this happens.  We had no idea of this problem.  We were blindsided by the death of our son."

There is no publ...

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In 1999, after losing his son Danny in a drug-related shooting in New Orleans and lacking answers from police, a small town pharmacist – Dan Schneider – beats the odds when he embarks on a dogged pursuit to find and bring his son’s killer to justice. But months later, the ripple effects of his son’s addiction and tragic death would find him again when a troubling number of young, seemingly healthy people began visiting Dan’s pharmacy with high dose prescriptions for OxyContin. Sensing a crisis long before the opioid epidemic had gained nationwide attention...

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It is easy to judge.  It is more difficult to understand.  Understanding requires compassion, patience and a willingness to believe good hearts sometimes choose poor methods.  Through judging we separate.  Through understanding, we grow!  STOP the STIGMA...

"Momma, all I want is a normal life"... Peyton was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma at age 16.  Age 19, he had a full hip replacement due to the extensive treatments that he received battling cancer.  He was prescribed pain medications to ease his excruciating pain.  This began his battle with an opioid addiction.  He died at age 23 fr...

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Derek S. Maltz, retired from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) after 28 years of dedicated service.

Maltz was the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Special Operations Division (SOD) and previously held the position as the Chief of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force, which is the oldest and largest drug task force in America.

Mr. Maltz is also a national security, safety executive who appears on national news networks as a subject matter expert.  Our subject today is the fentanyl crisis k...

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Fatal Facts of Fentanyl

The Fatal Facts of Fentanyl is dedicated to raising awareness of the illicit fentanyl crisis hitting the USA.
It is killing tens-of-thousands of people who suffer from substance use disorders and first-time users.
There are no boundaries.
It is in every community within our country.
The fentanyl crisis is deadlier then ever before for various reasons.
It is time to address the many issues surrounding this crisis.
Change begins with each of us as individuals and collaboration with others towards this...