DEVASTATED Colorado's Fentanyl Disaster
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 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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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
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.
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.
"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!
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.
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.
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!
I'm so incredibly lucky i found my mom in time she was able to be resuscitated
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
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.
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.
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 young and dumb in the 60's and I survived but nowadays you can't be young and dumb, you'll die.
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.
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.
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 😞 😢
I've been to CO and camped/hiked around the mountains for weeks. Beautiful scenery and people.
I never ever go near cities.
This is scary i pray daily for my grand children....im so sorry for the loss of these families...❤
None of the parents admit that they do have some responsibility to this.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 👏
Oh God, the pain of these parents. So terribly sad for all.
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.
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.
Parents are not monitoring their children closely enough in this messed up world. Every app, every phone needs to be monitored.
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.
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
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.
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
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 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?
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.
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.🇺🇸
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.
It's not mexican, it's international. Chinese, mexican, jews, american, european, etc. They bring the materials to México from China, manufacture there and in the U.S. and then market it in the U.S and the world. That repeat itself in different places
Does that one mom think since her daughter was looking for xanax that means she wasnt an addict? total denial
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 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!
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❤❤❤❤
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!
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
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. ruclips.net/video/x4sRsb0a30Y/видео.html
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
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!
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 am 67. I saw films in junior high in 1969 discouraging us from taking drugs. I had friends who had their life changed by drugs. I was a musician and and it was part of the culture. Many of the people I played music with are dead. I never took drugs and I rarely drink alcohol. It is that simple. Drugs have changed but people still willingly shoot up or orally take anything. I no longer care. It is a poor life decision that I am not responsible for.
Folks please don’t tattoo your face or neck!
This comment must be in regards to "Jelly Roll" testifying to Congress or Senate. It was all over FB! A very poor choice to represent the crisis!! Perhaps a model for a few addicts but to testify...NO WAY!! Because he is a convicted felon without a right to vote. Admitted to using and dealing. Way to go, "Jelly Bean"! Get healthy and shut your mouth in general was my reaction.
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.
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!
This video needs to be in the public schools, starting at 6th grade when life is so challenging for young kids. My prayers are with all who have lost someone to this poison.
Please introduce it to as many educators as you know, and thanks.
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.
DO NOT DO ANY DRUGS!
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 .
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 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....
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
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?
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.
i miss you jadynn . ill fight everyday for her story to be heard
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.
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
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.
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.
I lost my boyfriend on February 4 of this year 2024. This drug takes more then the users life away it takes the loved ones life away too. I am a walking dead inside lost minded figure. To be 100% honest, sometimes I think I want this pain to go away, I want to not have thoughts go through my mind,…. I have never done this drug and I only smoke a little flower from time to time. My point is this crap kills 1 yet takes many more with that 1! This crap gives “reason” for others to become dependent on it by the pain it causes. It’s a vicious cycle. Idk how I go each day, it’s so hard, I can’t watch this even just yet as I will just break down. To those that may feel like me, a shell, a zombie, the walking dead, your not alone I am right somewhere with you. Stay strong, be supportive, do what you can as you can.
Sorry for your loss and the trauma you are experiencing. Please lean on your community and loved ones to move forward. Prayers.
“I’d like to congratulate drugs… for winning the war on drugs” -Vice Channel.
Unsurprisingly this happens when your state keeps relaxing it's drug laws....WAKEUP!!!!
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.
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..
What happened to arresting drug dealers? These DAs that don’t prosecute? What are they getting paid for ? Get them out ! Fine line between fear and respect you don’t fear going to jail you don’t respect the law . Pretty simple.
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.
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
Lots of us who grew up in the 50s and 60s that were interested in taking psychedelics and other meds probably wonder if they would have survived fentanyl and the like if it was around when we were kids.
It's dangerous enough if you're seeking opioids, but somebody wants a Xanax or something else and ends up with fentanyl?
How do you deal with that?
I lost a couple dear friends at the beginning of this epidemic, and they were not novices - they were experienced enough... it's just that there's no room for casual drug use anymore....
And it shouldn't be a political football, we need all approaches.
And at some point the UN has to take on China - they're freely shipping tons of fentanyl and methamphetamine precursors all over the world.
But we might need to amplify the harm reduction approach too...
It’s so frustrating to see people blaming everyone but the people who are truly responsible. If there were no people out there buying drugs then there would be no drug dealers. You need to be responsible, every parent who isnt invading their child’s life is responsible. No drug dealer, state, reps, Mexicans or the Chinese are responsible. These kids know the risk and do it anyway. Parents are so lax on their own children, who they’re with and what they’re doing that I feel like maybe it’s a good idea to put them in prison. Maybe then parents would be a bit more involved in their kids lives. Parents should take their elementary school kids on a field trip to Kensington in Philly, that will get the message across.
@a2ndlife877
Whis is frustrating is to see that someone could watch so much pain and human suffering and then blame the victims, the addicted, or their parents.
It's obvious that your parents failed to instill in you very important values such as empathy and compassion for others. Your parents raised a hearless shrew. And the education system failed you too as you clearly demonstate you don't have the ability to think critically about complex issues.And 18 other simpletons agreed with you!
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.
Now a days you have to stay away from any pills recreational.
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.
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.
Fentanyl is incredibly easy to avoid.
Probably want to watch the film again...
It is heartbreaking. Colorado looks such a stunning place to live.
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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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"
Listening to the parents losing their children was tough & the gov's allowing this to go on. Wake up Merica
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.
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.
I live near Lakeside Co and I'm starting to see people standing around nodding off. Never saw that before (outside of denver) until this year. It's awful, I lost my best friend of 11 years to fentanyl.
Lost friends too. It’s everywhere now bro. Even in Boulder. Everywhere east of Kipling is just flooded with it :(
@@chunkymonkeysteadyfunky it's a plague
It feels intentional!
Yesterday I saw 3 people standing up hunched over at 44th&Sheridan And everyone is just passing by like this is normal I even saw a couple cops pass by
I lost 2 day in law's and 2 nieces to fentanyl. Nobody takes a line or pill thinking it is fentanyl and that they will die. RIP all. gone to this drug from hell.
I have received fentynal twice in my life in icu in a hospital. Both times my doctor said he did not know if he would cute me or kill me. I had pancreatitis and was locked in a fetal position in so much pain i could hardly breathe. Then came the careful process of bringing you back off that. On nite in the hospital i ripped the patch off in my sleep. That doctor came to the hospital to get thst patch and replace it. It took 2 weeks in the hospital and then another week when i got out. No refills. Had to go to the doctors office everyday. Anyone playing with this drug might as well put a loaded gun to their head. The doctor told me yes it takes pain away. But at any given time for various reasons it will up and kill you without warning. They cant use for stuff like back pain due to that.
BS…..no doctor is going to tell you that. Medicine doesn’t even work that way. Doctors don’t give you fentanyl right off the rip because of the overdose danger. They start with a no narcotic first like NSAIDs and usually move on to morphine. Under a controlled hospital setting, all pain meds are safe.
Thank you for your comments.
The fentanyl you received in the hospital is NOT the fentanyl on the street. They have been using medical grade fentanyl WITHOUT devastating social issues for years. Let's stop confusing the two. Same as calling a pill with oxycodone a "perk"". This lingo is part of the problem. You received a medical grade controlled narcotic under supervision of medical professionals, not even close to try and find a comparison to a street made pill. I spent 6 years addicted to fentanyl patches and oxycodone, and it only took me 4 months on "street fent" to decide the risk was no longer worth the reward and put myself into recovery. Thanks for sharing your experience but unfortunately this is not what your street addict experiences.
One thing people need to realize is helping the addict more and destigmatizing addiction... A lot of addicts want to get clean but are afraid to get clean because of repercussions from police, work, family... It's so sad that people are losing kids because of this, but if kids are experimenting with an addictive substance it also could be because something going on at home... We need to ACCEPT that mental health is IMPORTANT and that resources need to be available to everyone AND that people need to destigmatize Addicts and encourage getting help...
The problem is out of control everywhere and even here in Northern New Mexico. I'm getting really sick and tired of going out to walk my dog only to constantly be encountering drug addicts loitering around, broken pipes, needles and nasty foil squares with dope. The management doesn't do anything to prevent, enforce or get rid of using tenants who are bringing these (well known within the community) dangerous, armed and convicted felons, drug dealers and users onto the property. It's a free for all to endanger residents, break into homes and vehicles to steal and park on property or curbs for hours getting high, while the chorizos never show up and the prosecutors and judges just let them go without ever any accountabilty.
NM has a very high rate along with crime that’s why I would never live there
Woah, that homemade camping stove was so cool!! Way to go Andrew ❤ RIP ❤️
In my small town in Kentucky you can’t find a single person who hasn’t lost someone they love to Fentanyl, I’m one of the lucky ones who got help and survived addiction but my best friend wasn’t and I miss him so much every single day, he was a single father who did everything for his son and because he struggled with depression he started using xzanex to sleep at night and 9 days later he was gone! He wasn’t just a number in a statistic he was an amazing father and friend and I pray that anyone reading this reaches out to anyone you know and make sure they’re okay and that they get the help they need before they turn to drugs to cope, it can happen to anyone even if you think it’s impossible I promise you I never imagined it would happen to him!
So sorry for your loss.
Incredible documentary- thank you
Thank you so much and we hope that you will share with others.
I almost OD'd on fentanyl in 2011, didn't know what it was. Made me stop all opiates, pretty scary experience. Cannabis, concentrates and mushrooms have kept me alive.
You must be really young.
35
You kept yourself alive
It's a very controversial issue, but cannabis has also saved my life. Since becoming a medicinal cannabis patient, I have been able to lose over 120 lbs. and take back control of my life. I was never an opioid addict, but there were several aspects of my life that I couldn't seem to get a handle over. Since becoming a medical cannabis patient, I have been able to go back to university and finish my degree, and get a great job that pays well and is stable and I love what I do and I love going to work every single day. Before medical cannabis, my mental health was in shambles and I couldn't get myself together. Medical cannabis saved my life.
I'm with you there Cannabis concentrates and mushrooms have helped me stay away from synthetic poison going all natural is a life laver
I get the pain, anger of the families and for anyone poisoned without purchasing and imbibing illegal drugs, I am incredibly sorry. However, as an opiate addict, who has been in recovery, for 19 years, taking any street drug is Russian roulette. We are told this time and again and are educated that there is no "safe" street drug. If you choose to take it, you choose the risk. I understand wanting to blame someone but it's not murder... not even close.
Do you feel the same way about a friend giving someone one of their pain meds? The person thinks they are taking prescription Percocet or similar just for the family to later find out it was illegal Perc laced with Fentanyl?
@MicheleBrooks6 - taking any drug is a risk. If the pain med wasn't prescribed by a Dr then it's super risky. It's horrible and unfortunate but that is the risk. The friend giving the pill knew it was bought illegally, so they should have shared that information but even if they didn't, we all know the risk of taking meds that are not prescribed to us. Legitimate pain meds in America are not laced with fentanyl when they come from a pharmacy.... full stop. If you buy on the street, you have no idea what you are getting, regardless of what the drug claims to be. Yes, the friend should have told the person he gave it to, that he/she bought it illegally but there is a huge voluntary assumption of risk, whenever you imbibe a drug that is not prescribed to you and warnings about this all over pill packets and public health announcements. This is hammered into kids at school. You can't call it murder when the person who dies voluntarily takes the drug. Where is their responsibility in all this? Also, kids know the risks but they have zero capacity for consequential thinking or risk analysis. Ultimately, they think they are invincible and that it won't happen to them. Education is just a small part of the picture but I guarantee that most people know the risks and do it anyway...I did.
I cannot imagine the pain of losing two sons at once. Sheesh.
My son, Shane Michael Krikorian was murdered by Fentanyl poisoning. My heart is shattered. I miss you, Shaners, every moment of every day and I will always and forever love you more. Born September 4, 1990, stolen from this life March 9, 2022.
So sorry for your loss.
This is so sad, this poison is a weapon of mass destruction. period.