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Families Against Fentanyl Launches Billboard Campaign In LA And OC
"It's time to treat this threat with the urgency it deserves," said Jim Rauh, founder of Families Against Fentanyl.
April 10, 2023
A nonprofit fighting against the opioid crisis has launched a billboard campaign in Los Angeles And Orange Counties in the hopes of raising awareness of the deadly drug that has become the leading cause of death for many adults in America.
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"Deaths are soaring in California and across the US and our young people are at risk. It's time to treat this threat with the urgency it deserves," said Jim Rauh, founder of Families Against Fentanyl.
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This is one of the five billboards the Families Against Fentanyl bought throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties/KCAL News
According to the nonprofit, their research of 2021 data from the Centers for Disease Control determined that the synthetic opioid fentanyl has scourged the entire United States becoming the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. The organization added that 2021 was a dark year for California, surpassing Ohio and Florida for the most amount of fentanyl-related deaths. The report also claimed that fentanyl-related deaths in California increased 27-fold since 2015.
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