DEVASTATED Colorado's Fentanyl Disaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2024
- Mountain Time Media Group is honored to premiere our latest documentary film, DEVASTATED: Colorado's Fentanyl Disaster. Family members, in their own words, tell their stories of grieving the sudden loss of their loved ones. This documentary encompasses every aspect of this deadly poison pouring into our country, from distribution to staggering statistics of its addictive qualities.
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I was young and dumb in the 60's and I survived but nowadays you can't be young and dumb, you'll die.
Facts
I am honest with my son and I tell him the same thing. You cannot try anything...even so much as an advil from someone in school
You spoke so much truth! I'm surprised I'm still on our earth and not under it. Thank you for much wisdom.
So was I, yet many of my friends didn't. Now 71 I see that many still die at a very young age in Canada also. Saddest thing, 🍁
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This is not just Colorado, its all states.
100% it’s everywhere but some states are facilitating it though not arresting people and allowing for open drug use. Hell Gavin Newsom just gave 5 million for free alcohol in San Francisco WTF
So true, Philly where I live is really bad
It's all over North America...not just the states! You can thank the Chinese and Mexican cartels for that. They can walk right into Texas, New Mexico and California.
In Ontario, Canada, where I live, it's getting worse. 😢
I’m only 20 minutes in here, and I don’t hear much explanation or questioning why all of these kids were taking these drugs in the first place. Why was that 14 year old boy out doing drugs with friends? Why did that lovely 26 year old girl take what she thought was a Percocet before bed? Assuming she got it from friends, why were her friends carrying illegal, black market pharmaceuticals around? What I do hear is people pointing fingers across the border rather than at ourselves and asking, “why do our kids crave as strong a high as they can get?” That one guy who is a recovering addict said something about how fentanyl took away all of his sadness, fear, worry, stress. So how do we reduce those negative feeling in our kids so that they don’t look for an escape? The drug abuse is a symptom of an illness that we, as a society, support and that makes our kids sick and broken and wanting to get high.
Thank you for articulating the most poignant issue in this whole debacle. The tragedy is mostly presented and talked about as if people are being forced-fed these drugs. People, families and society must take responsibility first, for creating the conditions that cause people to turn to drugs either for thrill or to escape whatever immediate circumstances they’re living. These drugs are actively sought, acquired and voluntarily ingested. We need to identify the root causes that give rise to dependent behaviors, address them, provide resources for mental and emotional health, while at the same time taking measures to stamp out supply and distribution!
I live near the Border. I try to keep track of the large drug arrests there to see if it is Cartels coming over with drugs. If it is they carry Identification for m the US. The majority of large busts are Americans.
Where I live is a poor community. I know at least 3 people who go across the border and bring Fentanyl past the border checks. I've had fentanyl users detox in my home. I carry narcan and kratum for helping addicts. If a user nods out or shows signs of opiate use. I film them and show them what they look like when they are high.
There is no excuse for the hate and the anger towards addicts. That in itself doesn't help. Changing our views on how we deal with addicts will hellp immensely. Turning our backs till they "want" help leaves people isolated and alone. Our punitive treatment models don't work. Treating the pain behind the addiction gets rid of the need to be addicted.
It's easy to point fingers across the border but this needs to be solved right here. Look at our Government. They have had 2 border bills in Congress and a potential Presidential nominee has had his party vote no and stall both bills. If this is the way the Government is going to fight border issues in what is being called an emergency, the people need to do what we can within our country to save lives. All this postponing and killing bills in Congress just pushes back the immediate needs within our Country. Within our Country and finding care and concern is desperately needed. Hate twords the suffering is not helping to solve this problem.
I totally agree with you. If we handled the problem within our borders, The people on the other side wouldn't have A profitable buisness here. Easier to blame another country than examine our own shortcomings that have manifested this issue. I don't believe that criminalizing this issue is the way to solve it. Getting charges that affect people for years and putting them in non treatment based jails isn't solving the core issues. It's just a punitive solution to a problem that needs a restorative solution.
My thoughts exactly. After learning from people like Dr. Gabor Maté, these types of documentaries, while informative, they miss the mark. It's time to interview specialists in psychology/social work/addictions along with families, legal experts, and law enforcement.
@@chuxxj Exactly! Recovering alcoholic with seven years sober. Who do I blame for the addiction that gave me a stroke and kidney failure and damn near killed me? The government? Taaka? Stoli vodka? Nope. Me! Only when I finally faced up to my addiction and did something about it did I recover.
Thank you for your comments.
I'm so incredibly lucky i found my mom in time she was able to be resuscitated
Yea‼️for your MOM. REALLY HOPE YOUR MOM AND WHOLE FAMILY, got serious therapy and get to daily 12 steps meeting. RELAPSE IS ONE PHONE CALL , 1 thought, 1 PHONE CALL AWAY.
Films just like this SHOULD be shown in schools , starting with at least Jr High . I’m so very sorry to all of you out there suffering with the agony of losing a child . My heart is with you . God Bless 🕊️
5th graders in my son's school were vaping Marijuana in a field at their elementary school. This is in the country, not a city. Start in 4th grade.
We have lost our spiritual nature ….instead of the Lord’s Prayer being the foundation of our daily life it’s more this more that ..we as adults are lost and un happy…..why wouldn’t our kids be ….the child like wonder is lost to the ideas of everyone should be famous and wealthy
@@richardbelisle4807 very very right on the money . Such a sad state we are all in today . Youth is lost in social media hell, there are no bars , no barriers, no criteria anymore . Everything is a sad slide of free for all . Culture is gone . These are very sad sad days indeed . Thanks for your reply , be well 🕊️
Absolutely
Absolutely and thank you for sharing this film where you can.
Do these people really expect the government to fix a problem that was caused and perpetuated by this government in the first place?
Sad.
Finally somebody talking sense. THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT ON OPIUM MONEY FROM THE BEGINNING and The Brits before USA did the same. This is the 4th "opiod epidemic" in the past 200 years in the USA... this is NOTHING NEW and ITS ALWAYS BEEN perpetuated the same way
THIS IS THE TRUEST STATEMENT OF THE ENTIRE THREAD!
How did the government cause these kids to buy fake Xanax off the street? These same parents blaming the government for their own failures would be the first to insist the government needs to abolish the type of social programs that reduce demand for drugs. The stories are sad, but ultimately it's not the government's fault any more than school shootings are the government's even worse failure to regulate and educate on illicit firearms.
You should go back and read my comment, if they haven’t taken it down yet! The government are 👿👿😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬
You're not wrong
Great documentary! I broke my back 15 yrs ago and got addicted to Oxycodone. 6yrs i was prescribed these pills till West Virginia shut down arrested all the pain doctors and was forced to the streets to buy my pills I was lucky Fentanyl, wasnt a thing yet and chose Suboxin to get off the pills and am alive today and clean for years now! You can do this if you choose get help quite! To many have died😢
Thank you for sharing your story and best of luck staying on your clean path forward.
This is exactly my husband’s story. Different place same outcome- addiction. And we were told at the time that if you really needed pain meds you would never become addicted. This was told to myself and my husband by his doctor. We trusted him. We were just pawns in the game of big pharma. He is clean today thank God. But we lost so many friends to drugs- prescribed or otherwise. Glad to hear you’ve been able to come out the other side. Much love to you, friend.
Great story and thank you for sharing. The part of you that wanted to beat addiction was stronger than the magnet of addiction. You are a rockstar!
@@ginger-rr5qn Before any doctor prescribes pain medication they should tell the patients the truth! This is Synthetic heroine! Who in their rt mind would take them???
Suboxone saved my life!
"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
Insidious and creeping death is the opiates we lose people to.
So true... I nearly got caught out myself... very close. Using tramadol and oxyconton for 5 + years & I found the strength to stop.. with the help from my Lord & saviour, Jesus christ 🙏 🙌
@@thankyouinadvance.yourfutu5219i asked zeus for help and he came through for me so i feel you brother
Feel better? You have to bring your religion into everything? I bet you are a popular gent.
@lars277 Oh...convicted by the word of God? Good!
Why does every 911 operator sound so annoyed ? During peoples scariest most tragic devastating moments
I thought the same
Bcs they got calls like these 24/7
@@viktorgalvins229 if the operator can't handle distress calls they should find a different line of work.
Well if you can’t at least pretend to not be annoyed/frustrated maybe working with people in crisis isn’t for you ?
It’s ridiculous. How difficult is it to just *act a little compassionate. Or just civilized at its least.
My Beautiful Daughter passed away from Fentanyl overdose 18 months ago. I'm totally Devastated so are her three Beautiful young Children
I'm so sorry sweetheart
So sorry for your loss.
So so sad to read...breaks my heart ♡
I'm so sorry 😢
So very sorry 😞 😢
All of these tragedies beg the question 'why are people so desperate to get out of their heads that they take drugs to do so'?
Have you never been young and experimental or were you born an adult??
@@amodernalchemist432there's more adults than kids dying from this garbage - death rates per 100,000 population were highest for adults aged 26-39 (rate=36.5), followed by adults 40-64 (rate=26.4), young adults aged 18-25 (rate=19.4), older adults 65+ (rate=5.9), and youth 17 and under (rate=0.5) in 2022. Nov 26, 2023
@@undercoverreseller205 that's averaged to make a statistic. Not actually true numbers, this also depends on location and demographic factors.
Obviously this is not just a Colorado crisis it's a worldwide crisis.
Sorry but wrong.
It is a North America problem.
And do please keep that self-inflicted problem within your own continent.
Nobody is overdosing on opioids within 200 kilometres of an opera house in Europe, I can guarantee that much.
And I still don't know why civilised people should care about Trump voters overdosing on drugs.
Nah it’s an American problem
Absolutely 😢
Sorry but Paraguay is confronting their meth and fentynol crisis It's cheaper for the person addicted
DO NOT DO ANY DRUGS!
Yea that works. Have you ever been a young person? Have you ever had friends and socialized? Drugs are everywhere. Just saying "don't do drugs" as a blanket statement sounds good, but it's not practical at all
This is scary i pray daily for my grand children....im so sorry for the loss of these families...❤
You should also try talking to them, and let them know you are someone they can talk to when they're struggling. Drugs are an escape.
Her boyfriend giving her a pill and the parents knowing she had an alcohol problem, it shows that if you KNOW your child has any drug issues than you help them. All the blame doesn't end up on the shoulders of the government. Praying for the families and friends.
Excellent documentary.
Oh God, the pain of these parents. So terribly sad for all.
Thank you for this documentary. We need as much awareness as possible. We need more people to be outraged and pissed off by the amount of Americans dying from this poison every year. I lost my first born to fentanyl in July 2023. He is forever 23, and we are forever broken.
Deepest condolences. So many heartbreaking stories, and how YOUNG so many of them are is terrifying :(
Thank you for your comments, and please share where ever you can.
I'm sorry 2 hear that, truly. It's an insidious drug, basically poison robbing youth of their futures. I wish u and ur family the best. 🙏
Im sorry
I share your sorrow so much, my favorite nephew became raging junkie and the fentanyl took him
I was poisoned with fentynal by my own sisters boyfriend on Christmas 2023 All I did was ask for a cigarette and ended up dying 3 times woke up intubated on life support. I was in the hospital for 30 days. I'm so grateful to be alive. Thank for bringing awareness to fentanyl poisoning in Colorado.
That’s what scares me, what if a restaurant worker puts it in your food.
How horrible!! I hate that you had to go thru that but very glad to hear you survived!
Did he get in any trouble
@@1whocs486 probably not because they’d have to prove he put it in the cigarette which would be hard to do without video evidence or a full confession
@@johnoliver6372there would be decectable amounts in the cigarette butt but im unsure of the situation here.
Very sad documentary! I also found alarming how many parents are still standing by “they just took one pill one time” Denial is NOT a river in Egypt. A ton of responsibility to go around from the government to many of the parents .
My kids were raised to be weary of Ibuprofen! I’m so glad I provided them with that knowledge!
Why doesn’t anyone talk about the responsibility that you take every time you decide to do drugs? Everybody is speaking about the bad guys producing, trafficking and selling drugs but nobody speaks about those ones who do that kinda stuff. Every time you take a weird pill you should understand that this might be the first and the last one. Doing drugs is dangerous, and everybody knows it! Demand creates supply, this is the rule of economics. That’s the cruel truth.
Lost my sister to fentanyl. I will never be the same. She is forever 27
sorry for your loss ❤
This forever bullshit is the dumbest thing going around these days. Truth is your sister willingly participated in a game that killed her. She knew the risk involved. She believed that she was above all that. She was wrong, now somebody must pay. That is you.
Condolences 💔
So sorry for your loss RIP 💓
Sorry to hear that; our sympathies.
700 views in 11 hours this production needs more exposure
Hope you can get our numbers up Brandon. thanks
@@MountainTimeMedia I was wanting to share this on Truth Social from here but you notice it is not shareable. to TS......
This has been an all out WAR since the year 2ooo . Kicked off by Drs way over prescribing, then cutting people off after they've become addicted, so the demand for street drugs become huge, state/ federal regulated clinics that distribute drugs to addicts at a discount. Which made the drugs companies and Drs even more wealthy. And now this drug has been brought in to feed the 3 generations of pill addicts, basically genocide if that population of people. As well as young people just experimenting...... The drug companies shouldn't be producing this much more in excess of what's needed.. used to be regulated
Drs and drug companies don't get held accountable. That's why we all here . Because Drs lawyers judges and drug companies have the power to do this for years to make money on all sides from the cost of the drugs , to the continuous treatment needed as well as fines and fees in court. Not to mention kickbacks from the prison companies to stay full
Over 200k in a week.
These sort docs
Could open so many eyes
My heart goes out to all who lost loved ones
Prayers from the uk 🇬🇧
Appreciate your comments and watching from overseas. Please share if you can.
I've been to CO and camped/hiked around the mountains for weeks. Beautiful scenery and people.
I never ever go near cities.
I was poisoned by fentanyl back in 2016. I’m so thankful I was at my families house and my niece found me so I was able to be saved. By the grace of God I got my life together after that. My heart goes out to the families affected by this crisis. It could have easily been me. Praying for everyone. This video has be balling my eyes my eyes. These are young kids!!! America does not care about Americans and it’s as simple as that! why else would they keep allowing this to go on? It’s been an epidemic for 8-9 years now!!!
Thank you for watching our film and we are glad you were saved.
This problem could never be so successful if it was for the politicians getting paid off.
Brother stay away from it.
@@iamgabriel5823I agree. Anyone who knows about the pill mills that were set up would understand more clearly.
What did you think you were taking?
Did someone spike your drink?
Did you choose to take it knowingly?
St Louis is just as bad if not worse. I’ve lived in both places and was a fentanyl addict in both places. I’ve lost too many friends to count. Im alive today by the grace of God.
I'm happy you're here.
Same just hit 1 year clean. I’m struggling bad having bad days
It’s everywhere
@@EthanYoung-pw8xg Welcome to life, everyone has struggles; life is tough. Give yourself time to settle into the new way of life. Meditation, serious daily practice, can really start to give you a lift like you wouldn't believe. It takes time though, so be kind to yourself, breathe and take it easy. Pain isn't the enemy, discovering the patterns of how we respond to it is where we can discover a whole new world and possibility of change. I'm send you good vibes xo
Sorry for your loss and yes, it is spreading like wildfire.
These aren’t OVERDOSES THEYRE POISONINGS!
China's war against America using cartel for transport. Biden and hunters bribed to flood the gates with it.
The little word game gets old.
@@plutoplatters democrats poison
They like to call them “accidental overdoses” they lace things people don’t usually overdose from, like molly. So it’s literally murder. It’s how i lost one of my best friends at 19. It’s heartbreaking
No they're overdoses It's a choice.
They mand that's their right Sorry you lost someone but that doesn't mean you get to dictate how people with their lives
Fentanyl is incredibly easy to avoid.
Probably want to watch the film again...
WHY are parents saying ‘ he / she thought it was Xanax ‘ or ‘ we knew he took Xanax recreationally !’ . Where I live in the UK it is drummed in to people not to take other people’s medications and only take items prescribed to you . Yes, of course there are addicts here but try to stop normalising taking Xanax and making taking Xanax the excuse . Don’t take drugs is the best things your parents can tell you.
It’s drummed here too, but it’s ignored because the drug culture in America is laxed. Drug education lacks and when it is given its focus is on cocaine, meth, and heroin. Prescription is just glazed over and they are so easy to obtain legally and on the street.
exactly. people want to blame others when the whole reason the drug is in the US is because addicts are asking for it.
@@MrResaleYeah, ppl just medicate w/drugs for absolutely no other reason than to get high. Amazing take
Lol they tried that already. Remember "just say no?" You boomers will NEVER learn.
@@MrResalecheck out the big brain on you
My 26 yr old daughter was murdered in 2021 by fentanyl poisoning. She suffered from chronic pain due to failed back surgery at 18 after being cut off her script at pain management, she went to the streets to find relief.. Its devestating! My heart is forever broken!
i am sorry it is devastating Doctors good ones weaned the patients off especially because they are young and too much life to live. but pain management has other things to help with that especially because she was so young. How did you not know I really want to know
You mean she murdered herself
What is wrong with you?
Man I'm sorry . No words 💔 I've lost 5 in the last 8 yrs to this. Love is what we need.
I'm so so sorry....I'm a recovering addict....I'm doing well ...long time now..I just lost my mom ....so I feel u but I can't imagine....its awful❤❤❤❤
Colorado needs to follow Texas it is a law that every student 6th grade and up gets 10 hours of training about pills and the dangers EVERY YEAR in school!
Hope that program is bringing great results; thanks for sharing
Thank you for your time in making this production to speak an ugly truth. We need to come together as a community to stop this crisis and journalist pieces like this are an important contribution for public awareness.
So appreciate your comments and hope you can share if possible.
@@MountainTimeMedia I am forming a non profit to fight this crisis. My target audience for funds is the church and my network of skilled professionals is extensive. Please let me know if you are interested in creating a media piece that I can play to the church. Something that is only a few minutes long, before I speak, that really hits the nail on the head with what we are dealing with. Most people have no idea what we are up against, let alone how to come together to stop it. Please reply if you are interested.
Does that one mom think since her daughter was looking for xanax that means she wasnt an addict? total denial
Sad assumption 😢
Something drastic must be done about this! My brother is the last of his whole friend group who is still alive (he’s 33) and he’s just barely surviving and still so addicted (despite being sent to rehab 15+ times, trying alternative treatments, being sent to prison, etc). He’s lost his grip on reality and is now acting schizophrenic
I pray for your brother. Sometimes for some people they need to get to the absolute bottom before they change, sometimes not. In Sweden we have the highest overdose deaths in all of Europe, and sadly it will only go up because of nitazenes. I have been addicted to opiates for 5 years and I'm now finally starting to build up my life after my family stopped caring about me. And all my friends stopped caring about me too, I hit absolute bottom.
Remember, don't be an enabler but I know that's so hard when you love some one. It's a really thin line between being an enabler and supporter.
Metattem...I don't know if this information will help, but a few years back, I think, I ran across an article, how someone was helped to quit smoking, by adding 1 teaspoon of Creme of Tartar to a full glass of orange juice, drinking it before bedtime. I don't remember how long. The creme of tartar was used to cleanse the blood of nicotine. I've wondered if it would help those on harder drugs get their blood and bodies cleaned out. Do your due research. Hope this helps someone, any one person. God bless.
God will help
Please try praying if you're not already
🫂🙏
This needs shown in every high school! it’s way more real to kids than telling them just don’t take drugs from people.
Middle school actually.
School is a breeding ground for our children Parents should talk honestly with their children before they try experiencing outside the home Haven't we learned from past experience
This is, by far, the best documentary about the Fentanyl Epidemic! 👏👏👏
And trust me, I‘ve seen a lot of them but I never was so „touched“ and couldn’t stop watching…
So a huge „Thank you“ to all the people who participated in this Documentary and all the people who actually made this Documentary, me being a professional cameraman and video operator for over 18 years now would have loved to participate into making this.
All the best from Germany 🇩🇪, Philipp 👏
So appreciate the accolades from our new German friend, especially knowing you are in the business. Please take a look at our WWII POW doc on our channel, 25 Steps. released 6 years ago on DDay.
@@MountainTimeMedia Hi! 👋 Thx for the nice reply 🙏 And I really mean it, this was by far the best documentary I‘ve ever seen about the Fentanyl epidemic and I‘ve seen A LOT of them!
Regarding the „25 Steps“ documentary: I already have seen it, another masterpiece of y‘all! 👏🙏
I wish you all the best and can’t wait to see to see another documentary of you guys.
„Honor to whom honor is due“, and that‘s why I did write my comment cause I mean it that way. Being a videographer (or cameraman or video operator) and also a video editor for so many years I really appreciate when my eyes do see a great documentary or whatever it may be.
All the best from Germany 🇩🇪, Philipp 👋
Doesn’t help that CO is a sanctuary state. If you buy illegal drugs from a shady dealer, expect the worst. People will never learn!
That has NOTHING to do with it! Educate yourself
Well done. I'm passing it along to my recovery community. Thank you so much for putting this together. For the bravery of the surviving families. Prayers sent.
Thank you so much for sharing with your recovery community and your help with addictions.
I know the loved ones hate to hear it, but there IS some personal responsibility to be had if one willingly seeks out, and takes, a drug that isn't a legal prescription.
To a point, I agree with you. The difference is that it's like if a jaywalker gets run down intentionally; there's a difference.
And, nobody deserves to die from having some drugs. 😢
I totally agree. I take all the responsibility for my addiction, which was pills. Once you start telling yourself you have a "disease" you will use that as an excuse!
This is a true statement. With that being said that means the same thing goes for the other side of the coin. The people making this drug are knowingly doing it so they catch half the responsibility. The issue is when you start putting an opioid in other drugs that aren’t opiates like cocaine or meth. Or you just flat out make a bunch of counterfeit pills and say they are one drug but actually they aren’t, there just fentanyl. Here’s the issue if your first response to an issue like this is, well they should have been more responsible for their actions. Then you are part of the problem and not the solution
@@stevenmcbride9773 I would never take drugs not prescribed to me, i.e. off the street or from a "friend". I'm too smart to be part of the problem.
no tolerance for first time users, esp if young/ employed, housed, in school etc. we need to teach youngins ways to cope without getting high or drunk
The sad part is that fentanyl has been found in EVERY drug there is available. Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, methamphetamines, all of it! People need to carry test kits, keep naloxone nearby, never use alone, and start working towards recovery. This is coming from an ex addict that has 24 years in recovery. I thank God there wasn’t any fentanyl when I was using opiates. Because I would be dead for sure!
Weed is hard to believe. How is that even possible? I mean yes it would be easy to do but how would you spread such a small amount over a large area while making sure it's on the weed but not so much that it kills someone who smokes a joint?
Edit: I just searched and can't find any actual cases. Seems like an urban legend to scare people
This comment is not accurate
@@magnumxlpi I agree . However as a smoker and allergic to pain meds, I be very picky who I get it from. Just someone using fentanyl touching it with Thier hands then cutting out you a 20 sac , someone like me could have a reaction. So please be safe. Only buy from smokers that only smoke. I will not even think about a stranger or from someone who uses other drugs . I'm very picky. I smoke for helping chrons by no means ever ever used anything else I'm too scared of having a reaction
@@magnumxlpi Of course, it's nonsense, just like dumb paranoid cops claiming contact overdose when they're just having panic attacks.
@@magnumxlpi It is. It's scare tactics that's been perpetuated by the police and news. You CANNOT smoke fent with direct heat.If you put it into a joint and lit it, it would destroy it. This is why ppl smoke it off of foil with a lighter underneath as it vaporizes it under lower temps. No one is lacing bud with fent cuz its a waste.
It is so heartbreaking to see all the people this is taking out. I pray that America can get a grip on this. Please love and help each other!
I met one mom in this documentary yesterday, by chance. She told me she lost her 16 years old daughter because of fentanyl poisoning. She recommended this documentary to me. That’s why I’m here watching it. Personally I don’t have drug problems nor do my family members. But this is just so hard to watch…😢
thank you for taking the time to watch and please share with others if you believe it might help them.
Denial is a horrendous mind set
Now a days you have to stay away from any pills recreational.
Parents tell your Children "play stupid games..win stupid prizes"..I hear these Children and Parents never heard of fentynal..come on..I'm a senior with no Grandchildren..and I know about this deadly fentynal
thank goodness some one who is intelligent and pointed just what i said .
i am 60 with kids and two young grandkids I like that my kids even at a young age teach their kids and are tough and stern when needed People these days don't talk to the kids like we did. too affraid to make them mad or sad or whatever most don't have rules. I see it all time
Have to assume fent is in all drugs…
I used heroin for 20 years and Fentanyl the last 5 of them, I’ve been clean for 3 years and every time I got high I understood it was dangerous. These are fake pills laced with fentanyl how is it not okay for parents to be mad at the people who are selling them? Most all of the kids in this video that died where looking for Oxy and purchased what they thought was Oxy and we’re killed by fentanyl because the Oxy they bought was laced with Fentanyl, that’s not okay and for these parents to have the strength to step up and try and keep others from going through what they did is amazing. I don’t understand what’s wrong with this, or you. You say they should have heard about fentanyl but this was post 2018 when fentanyl wasn’t as big as now, it was just starting to get crazy then.
Yeah everybody knows about it now, they're talking about when it first started!
I lost a friend at 18 a few years ago to fentanyl. She tried a pill she was given, she wasnt an addict. About a month or so before she had an abortion and was traumatized from it. I think about her all the time, she was the sweetest girl just figuring stuff out, out of high school. I still can't believe its real sometimes. Kills me.
Thank you for sharing and our condolences. Sad it is so prevelant.
They don’t tell you about the mental damage an abortion does to a young woman, for the rest of your life you think about it. Instead where are the advocates for birth control ? Nowhere ! not much money in that.
So sad to read, so sorry for your loss, friend
Government is part of this problem. Government is NOT there to help you. When people start to understand that, we the people can once again regain control over our country
Exactly. But they won't admit they are the problem. Nor will the media.
There the ones bringing it in. Same with the Heroine. Just so happens to be on every street corner after the war in Afghanistan. Richest country in the world and can't secure our borders?
Agreed now is the time to open the eyes of the people that are still alive I don’t know how to do that with ignorance and patriarchal rule in the name of organized religion
It’s terrifying to actually see the end goal of old white supremacy and the brutality and oppression of human beings
Sad,true and tragic
We must take action before we have no choices left
Should we run or stand idk
I for one am not laying down to this absolutely murderous
New agenda
Less than human are the entities pushing this on
Working people trying to raise their children…
What is the fear of women?
Just kinda curious about that
Been there since the beginning of time
Food for Thought
Who are they trying to invalidate and why?
I’m saying please think
Are women barbarians?
Ummm fact
Thanks for your patience with me
If government isn't working for you, improve government. You have a vote. You can run for office. Just being anti-government is dumb. Guess what we don't have without government? Any restrictions - all drugs become legal, including all trafficking and dealing. Is that what you want? Try working to solve a problem instead of dumb anti-statements.
The government here is in an impossible position. Lock up all drug users and society collapses, because that many of us are on drugs. It will bankrupt us and we'll need another 20,000 prisons. Make it legal and instead focus on recovery programs and treatments - it'll account for 90% of the economy. Government isn't the problem. **WE** are the problem. PEOPLE. We KNOW there is a substance out there being laced into everything. Don't take drugs. Don't take a pill from anyone unless it came straight from the CVS store shelf to your hand unopened. This isn't the 70's anymore, and kids need to realize that even half a pill of an unknown substance can kill. That's been known for 20+ years but apparently kids aren't being educated. Too trusting. If it wasn't prescribed by a doctor, and you've solely been responsible for chain of custody, or it came out of a unopened bottle at a store, you don't take it. That simple.
@@Dead_Again1313The media is bought and paid for. The government is too.🇺🇸
Thank you so much for creating this. I'm grateful I never got into fent but I was close. 10/06/20 is my clean date and I strive to be of service to other suffering addicts. WE DO RECOVER.
Thank you for your comments and congrats on staying clean.
So tired of people not being accountable for their own CHOICES!!!
So you are saying that human beings who are priced out of housing,food
Jobs are being given to other countries or bots
Have a choice. Okay great
What the fk are you doing to help the situation.
Oh I know let’s blame the victims of the government
Yes and btw Cookie,
Don’t know you but just gotta say
YOU ARE ALSO EXPENDABLE
Think about it
If you have the capacity
Thanks for your opinion
This epidemic needs major attention. Just today in Spokane Wa there have been 3 overdoses reported and it’s not even 5pm. We have over 10 a day that get reported, I know there’s more not being reported. The police and ems are working around the clock saving lives. This whole town is suffering so much and it’s everywhere now! What do we do? Nobody is enforcing the laws. Kids go to parks and see junkies in tents smoking fentanyl and nothing happens to these people. They do this everyday! It’s beyond frustrating and I’m left feeling bitter towards these users. Not to mention the crime that comes along with all this. What a mess.
Everybody knows this is happening on purpose ... Energy wasting even thinking it's anything but !
I 100% agree. (I live near Whitworth). Less than a mile away -at the "Y"- is a cesspool &, as you know, there are several areas in Spokane just like it.
I'm 57yo & it doesn't seem long ago that Spokane was, and was known for, being an ideal place to raise a family & retire. Now I would give both pinky toes and a cpl molars to move to Coeur d'Alene where my son & his family live. I hope to work that out soon.
The West Coast voted for it.
You give drug addicts $600+ SNAP.
Now they’re pooping in your streets.
And Chief Seattle warned us.
How is it up the road in Chewelah?
I wonder how much being a liberal state affects how many drug dealers come in. I believe "illegal" drugs steal lives and should be stopped. (Some liberal groups are always trying to make illegal drugs "recreational" and "legal" with enough signatures from college students. It happened in my area. Now Marijuana is sold next to the high school.) How can you trust anyone selling drugs that those drugs are as advertised and without added fentanyl? You can't, so DON'T. I hope and pray that some young people really wake up and realize they are pursuing a road to Hell by "trying" drugs. Prescription drugs alone poison people! I agree with you. "What a mess."
I cannot imagine the pain of losing two sons at once. Sheesh.
I am in recovery and have been since 2012. I’ll never forget what my connect said to me one day when I asked, “Why is it so hard getting oxy these days?!”
His response was something like, “Well you know the government wants to eradicate the domestic drug abuse to focus just on one priority, the drugs coming across the border which will only increase once that happens.”
I never really believed him and, at that time, thought how ridiculous an idea like that was. I never understood what he meant until I really looked at what was happening to these young people such as in this documentary.
So sad that this issue continues to wreck so many families and our elected officials actively choose to ignore the problem. Hopefully this will help turn the tide. Incredible film, Steffan!
Thank you and we hope this is seen in every household.
I live in the Houston Texas area and me and my boyfriend have both had incidents of fentanyl overdoses but luckily we survived and we are both clean of all drugs. I have been staying with a good friend and my boyfriend is currently living in a men’s sober living house. Please people understand that you don’t know what you’re getting until it’s too late. My boyfriend saved my life by using narcan that we kept in the house and I saved his life the same way. We kept it because of oxy never did fentanyl cross our mind. I do NEED to say that within a year of my use of fentanyl I have had a stroke and survived that so God has looked after me and I’m forever grateful
True miracles you are. Please help fight this poison ❤❤
Thank you for sharing your story and your fight. Best of luck to you.
god has nothing to do with it and you are in no better favor than the people who died from the drug so keep your mouth shut
I'm so glad and grateful that you are still here. Try and stay away from that shit. We need you here. Your work is not done. Know that we are so grateful that you are here. We have never met but rest assured I love you and want you and want you to have a long, beautiful life. ❤
I'm so happy you both survived. Sending hugs 🫂 from Scotland 👋 🤗 💖
I’ve been following the fentanyl epidemic for a few years now and it’s getting worse. It’s now entering Europe and I’m seeing the same issues that America and Canada have. It’s so worrying. A silent war that is killing the next generation, as well as the old. Fentanyl is going to destroy the human race if we do not get on top of this.
This is bigger than covid and bigger than anything we have ever seen.
So upsetting and sad.
The addictive potential of this drug could wipe out one million people globally in the next couple years.
Um it's getting worse because it's all INTENTIONAL and backed by Democraps!!!! Democraps support the Drug Cartels business, all the time!
Meth aka jib is cheaper than fentynol Please be honest and talk with your children Prayers for all the families affected by these demons
My adult daughter is fentanyl addict we live in different states It is a parents worse nightmare to see this drug have control over her life i cry pray worry stress every day she gets the help she needs as I will always be there for her with arms wide open
We hope she finds the help she needs towards a full recovery.
My prayers are with the families affected 🙏
That's exactly what she needs, a mother's unconditional love Never give up on your children 🥰
You spend your entire life chasing the high that only happens once
That's because addiction destroys the neurons in the brain and here's an excellent video of a medical doctor in California whose exposing in detail just exactly what's happening. th-cam.com/video/x4sRsb0a30Y/w-d-xo.html
Obviously you didn't watch this or you did not get the whole point behind this film
Great work here. Everyone needs to see this.
Close the border.
Thank you and please share if you can.
and the 1 million fent junkies will just stop using the drug because its not made in mexico, right..... horrible logic and irrelevant solution.
Thinking the border will change anything, there are 1 million + fent addicts. Do you think they will just stop. The american people need to be outraged with the addicts who bring this demand to the US and solve that problem otherwise it will just be made somewhere else and brought in.
Lol. Americans are the ones smuggling it across the border. Trump voters are clueless.
Wrong
It seems odd the 4 gram law included all drugs/that does seem bizarre. Almost inviting the Mexican Cartel in.
Parents are not monitoring their children closely enough in this messed up world. Every app, every phone needs to be monitored.
Don't blame parents for this - that is ridiculous
My nephew died from Fentanyl in 2021 in North Carolina. Our laws in Colorado and everywhere need to be changed
So sorry for your loss.
Elected officials are the ones making these laws.
Laws? Government is involved big time
I grew up with drugs and alcohol all around me.....However I also grew up knowing full well that if my parents even caught me smoking regular old cigarettes that I would face their wrath, so I never smoked cigarettes, never drank alcohol nor been, never took illegal drugs. I'm 56 and just lived life at it's fullest because I feared what my parents would do to me if I did any of those things.
We were lucky we grew up in an era when if you DID decide to try some substance you weren't risking your life....
My doctor told me about her sister, who was a recreational user. And od'd. I live in a small town. Dont do ANY drugs she told me. She was the best doctor...
She really cared.
Her sister died from doing something many of us did.
You know, like we did back then. Friends got together for New Years, and there was a good time had by all.
Not anymore. But now that I think about it. Drugs were infiltrating the high schools.
How did it get to us?
I'm betting that the gov realized along with pharmaceutical industry to get kids hooked early....
I have a Double Yellow asterisk in my medical file that shows “ ALERT “ Allergies/Caution it reads
“ Said Patient. No matter or cause of surgery does not want to be prescribed any opioids or substitute of said substances”
All other options she may have are at her choice”
That’s it. Period.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🩷🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼!!!!! My mother is a recovering addict and an RN who works in psychiatry. She was working in a hospital for the criminally insane and was attacked by a male patient (my mother is TINY and 68). She had to be rushed into surgery where rods were placed in her arm. She refused all pain meds. It really makes you think about how weak we are as a society that we think we need strong opiates for EVERYTHING!
What an incredibly well made film .... The music, the pacing, the intensity .... Very rarely cry but had tears running down my face listening to the families speaking .... It's just so clearly being allowed to happen ... The ignorance of those allowing it to not be prosecuted is so obvious they're on the payroll ! Much bigger forces at work here ... My love to all the families and friends ❤😢
So appreciate your comments and hope you share with others.
Thank you for this video, we need more resources like this as awareness. Great work.
So appreciate your words and the best compliment we could have is to share the film with others. Thank you
i miss you jadynn . ill fight everyday for her story to be heard
I watched a 15 year old girl die in my daughters room the other night. I will never understand why she did not come and tell me she took a pill and didn’t feel good. She text another kid and said I took a perc and don’t feel good. Why that other kid didn’t call my daughter and tell her? So many whys. I’ve been crying for days. It was worse than the time I seen someone get shot and die. It was horrific!! I don’t wish this on anyone. She had froth like pink stuff pouring out of her nose. Her lungs were filling with blood!! I don’t know how to cope with this. I’m in California. When paramedics dragged her to the living room pills fell off of her and I could look at them and immediately know they were not real. Thank god my 17 year old did not take anything.
Sorry you went through that and sorry for the young girl. It's heartbreaking
So sorry as that is a traumatic experience that no one should witness.
This is heartbreaking and exceedingly hard to watch! What a horrible epidemic!
I've dealt with loss and it's hard but I just try to view life as ever changing and it never stops moving. Hard as it is I have to accept things I cannot change and change things I can. Losing a child is the hardest thing you'll ever deal with.
Thank you for your comments.
Thank you for making this documentary and bringing much needed awareness to the Fentanyl epidemic ♥️♥️♥️🌎♥️♥️♥️
We so appreciate your comments and hope you can share it as well.
None of the parents admit that they do have some responsibility to this.
Ok, Mr Nasty.
No, they don’t. My mother didn’t know all the stupid shit I did, and she was a good mother.
Government is in bed with Cartels
What utter nonsense
That , unfortunately seems to be the truth
What’s really sad is that the government could stop it all within a month. Which begs the question - why is this being perpetuated??😢
and that is the real question....Think about the entire world marching in step when entire countries shut down; it is very possible if they wanted a different outcome.
Fentanyl is what crack was in the 80's.
No governments care about their people, it is only an illusion like freedom.
Yup yup yup. Truth. Open your eyes. This is all deliberate.
How would they stop it?
This world is a sickening place. I lost 2 friends i grew up with to this. Its disturbing on so many levels, in so many places. Its horrific.
I've lost three childhood friends so far. Its truly horrifying. Why can't they just ban china's exporting of those chemicals to Mexico or something? I don't know. Something has to be done.
@@MyOwnPersonalFantasy answer your question its because fentanyl has to be part of human nature. cocaine wasnt enough and then came crack, heroin wasnt enough and then big pharm/the Sackler family. Fentanyl took it back to the underground. We as humans are not only killing the earth greed, we have to kill ourselves with drugs too. We got north korea, muslim nations with nukes, russia ect. lets not forget the whole covid thing. We as humanity are doomed.
Its very sad for the loss these family experience. But there is a lack of accountability and lots of blaming. Your family member took the drug and that is a decision they made. Plus the largest demand for drugs is the US, so the making and shipping will continue. America needs to address the mental approach of turning to chemicals to solve problems. Drugs, alcohol, shopping or eating, its a constant high fix society. Until we address those accountabilities then this will continue.
Having grown up thinking Asprin or Ibuprofen are serious drugs(!!) I would never accept a prescription pill drug from anybody, if I wasn't taking it out of a sealed packet. Can't understand the mentality of accepting 'xanax' or 'percocet' from a friend because I felt a bit sick. That is such foolish behaviour.
I’m still trying to grasp the new one,Tranq. I’m near Kensington. Horrible.
Yeah and Nitizenes. We are in trouble. I’m an addict and scared to death of getting tranq. Rotten skin oh my lord.
Well done and absolutely heart-wrenching. I'm doing everything I can to promote this incredible video.
AAAWWWEEESSSOOOMMME Endeavor! I shared this with all of my Facebook friends, hoping to spread the word. GOD BLESS YOU!!!!
Thank you and God bless you as well.
Keep fighting, evil will never win, fight like you've never fought before. Kids need to resist, say NO. PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤ THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO 🙏❤️
Evil is driving brand new SUV’s & Trucks all souped up Oh & they got the memo to wear Bronco/ Rockies swag…another thing, they’re getting 1-2 grand a month!
Thank you for your comments.
This is crazy, 99 out of 100 times they find 4 grams of Heroin or fentanyl on someone i promise u it’s not for personal use it’s a drug dealer, I was addicted to heroin for 20 years and was using fentanyl hard the last 5 years of my addiction. I’ve been clean for 3 years now and I can tell you the most I have ever bought for personal use is 2 grams and that was because I was going on vacation. It is very rare for someone who isn’t selling drugs to be walking around with 4 or more grams of fentanyl or heroin on them VERY rare. I understand not charging as hard for possession charges when it’s personal use, but 4 grams is not personal use and you are letting the drug dealers who are pushing this poison onto our streets get away with murder. With that law all drug dealers are just going to sell 4 grams then go to their stash and get 4 more and never have more than 4 grams on them at a time, you are made a law that protects drug dealers and helps them get away with killing people.
Thank you for sharing your story and your path to sobriety from fentayl must have been like going through hell. Congrats on staying there 3years. Given your comments, why is it that legislators were so fixated on the 4 gram limit? think they knew that it was more than a casual dose and wanted to support dealing? Many things just don't make sense here..
Thank you for making this important film, sharing it.
We are glad you felt it was impactful and hope you can share with others.
When I was 16 me and my friends took a real hydrocodone pill. I didn’t die. I can’t imagine how devastating this drug scene is today. One pill and you’re done. This fentanyl epidemic makes me like actually so mad.
It's nothing like it was when we were kids. It's scary.
Well said Jake, it isn't "party time" anymore... and trust me, I grew up in the 60's and experienced it all... (Vietnam Vet)
This is right out of the movie "Sicario" or "No Country For Old Men". Spread the word to your friends.
Our military needs to get involved, block the border and set up check points on the roadways!! It’s infuriating that nothing is being done. I read today that our military trained over 10,000 Mexican to stop drugs coming across the border and they went back to Mexico and joined the cartel. 😡😡
@@bbe3034 You cannot stop the drug trade. It would take blockiong 75% of the stuff coming in to make any real impact, and that is impossible to do..
@@bbe3034 how mad would you be at America-if you were Mexican if we didn’t have a thirst for drugs the cartel would be out of business. This has destroyed Mexico as well. Great government we have
Why doesnt this video have a million views yet? Thats the problem as well....no one wants to stop and see how big of a problem this really is!!!
You are exactly right, and nobody believes it will take the lives of their own children, especially politicians.
My heart goes out to all of these courageous families sharing their stories. This is a powerful film, I hope it reaches many.
Thank you for your comments and please share where you can.
I think we have told people to take a chill pill for so many years that drinking, smoking weed and popping a pill has become normalized. Watch a movie and see how casually drugs and drinking are treated. Kids grow up watching Mom take a pill because she is feeling overwhelmed, Dad relaxing with a beer or whiskey glass. They think it’s the thing to do. Most accidentally overdose. It’s sad. It’s a mindset thing. We have to start setting better examples and that begins in Hollywood.
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Good theory, truth in that message, well done
Really appreciate the time, energy, and effort that you put into this documentary. Thank you for sharing it with us!
So appreciative of your comments and it was worth every minute to tell share these tragic stories.
The biggest thing parents can do is talk with their children, limit and restrict some freedoms, be a detective, and role play the peer situations involved in drug use and rehearse what to do to handle those situations. Law enforcement isn't an effective solution.
Amen
So, be a parent, in general. AMEN!!!!!
So well done! It’s shocking, devastating and absolutely unbelievable.
I take issue with them continuously using the word " murdered". Like I get that you're emotional because you're the parent, but at the end of the day your child was not 'murdered'. Being emotional removes all rationale and proper application of legal terminology. Using the term murdered is just propaganda. There need to be a multiple of factors for murder to be the case and one of them is circumstance of intent specifically against an individual.. Manslaughter might be apt. At the end it's still a death by misadventure because your child CHOSE to take a drug. They might be malfeasance or malicious negligence in including the drug higher up the chain, but.. none of this amounts to "murder"
I understand what you're saying here, but poisoning is murder as well. Say someone spiked your drink with antifreeze and you died. Well, you purposefully drank that drink. So by that merit, the parents saying their kids were murdered are arguing on the stance that their kid didn't knowingly take a lethal dose of fentanyl. They took whatever other substance: Xanax, perc, etc, but were killed by the overdose caused by the fake pills being laced with lethal amounts of fentanyl. This is the same sort of concept as why bartenders can be charged for overserving a customer who then dies of alcohol poisoning.
I don't think most cases of an overdose would constitute as a murder, but I can see why the parents may think of it that way and I think certain situations it fits very well. But it's hard to prove and that's why there's hardly any convictions.
That being said, though, the legal term would be considered manslaughter. But the jargon word is still murder. I get what you're saying about that.
The fentanyl crisis is both heartbreaking and enraging, marking a national tragedy that demands urgent and unified action. We must hold accountable those responsible for the infiltration of fentanyl in our society. It's crucial to demand effective solutions to save lives and stop the senseless daily loss of dozens of lives in our nation.
Agree
Any assistance in sharing this film would be appreciated.
Suboxone saves lives…..it took my cravings away. It’s been 11 years now. It also keep you safe from relapse as it has stronger binding affinity to the MOR receptor than Fentanyl does
I'm 6 month clean of fent bc of suboxone. saved my life
How long have y'all been clean from subs??
@youflaw3285 still on it. my clinic and I have a plan to wean off and they also provide counseling.
I have severe chronic pain for which treatment was through opiates and after my doctor left state back in 2016 another one couldn't be found anymore due to the strict laws, so I was referred to a doctor that prescribed the Suboxone for withdrawals only stopped using it and just allowed myself to withdraw, because personally it made me deathly ill.
Suboxene works for some , not all . Some people can’t handle that and over dose on it too .
Great documentary, guys. Thanks for getting this out to the public. You could save many lives by making people think again before taking an unknown pill.
The documentary won't deter everyone - not a chance. But if it gets more people to pressure their representatives into thinking of human lives over money and/or it saves even one life, then it's been worth its salt.
Thank you so much for your comments, much appreciated.
Tragic so tragic. We need a sober over haul of our society. My heart breaks for these families.
Prayers for strength and justice for all these parents!!! Lord please let me never have to bury a child! I am showing this to my oldest tomorrow I just pray they listen and learn.
I lost my son at 46 to fentanyl. We live in PA. Nothing is being done here for this epidemic
So sorry for your loss.
I was a teen in 1972, I never had any willingness to smoke Pot. It was against the law. I respected the law. Never cared about drinking before 21.
Why buy some unknown drug from a stranger. I developed Cancer I had to wait 6 days before my insurance approved my Fentanyl patches.
Watch a show on Cable called To Catch a Smuggler. It shows how drugs are brought in to this country.
Thank you for trying to get the word out. This is so scary.
thank you for watching.
I just couldn't imagine losing my child!
I feel so sorry for these people..
May God be with them!
God help us all. None of this is normal. I just texted my only son to remind him of this devastation. It can happen to anyone. I pray for the families that have been taken down from this devastation.
Thank you for sharing the information with your son. That is what we all need to do to keep our kids from this drug.
Incredible documentary- thank you
Thank you so much and we hope that you will share with others.
Such a great and well done documentary about this crisis!
We so appreciate you comment and hope you can share with others.
It is heartbreaking. Colorado looks such a stunning place to live.