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Ariel Roblin: What's changed with combating fentanyl lately

KCRA 3 News continues our coverage of fentanyl awareness this week. Hear from advocates, former addicts, and families who are on a mission to educate, and heal themselves.

Opinion
Ariel Roblin: What's changed with combating fentanyl lately

KCRA 3 News continues our coverage of fentanyl awareness this week. Hear from advocates, former addicts, and families who are on a mission to educate, and heal themselves.

This is an editorial from KCR *** three and my 58 *** record number of families, more than 400 endured, losing *** loved one to *** fentaNYL related death in Sacramento County last year. So many of these kids thought they were taking *** drug to help them sleep or focus only to be found later, unresponsive by *** family member. Sadly, so many families were impacted, but one year later, we are seeing *** positive shift. It's important that we take *** deep look at what changed and how we can keep this moving in the right direction. It's not one thing. It takes *** full and comprehensive approach to make this impact. Advocates hitting the streets with Narcan prosecutors handing out murder convictions and longer sentences for dealers and perhaps the most impactful parents of victims, sharing stories and putting faces to numbers and that's giving us an opportunity to speak with our own kids. This is not like 20 years ago when *** teenager snuck *** beer, imagine taking *** sip of beer, but it's drugged with cyanide. That's what we mean. When we say one pill can kill KC *** three news continues our coverage of fentaNYL awareness this week here from advocates former addicts and families who are on *** mission to educate and heal themselves. We hope you and your family will be able to join us for this important project community special at *** time, right for you available any time on very local.
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Opinion
Ariel Roblin: What's changed with combating fentanyl lately

KCRA 3 News continues our coverage of fentanyl awareness this week. Hear from advocates, former addicts, and families who are on a mission to educate, and heal themselves.

A record number of families, more than 400, endured losing a loved one to a fentanyl-related death in Sacramento County last year. So many of these kids thought they were taking a drug to help them sleep or focus only to be found later unresponsive by a family member. Sadly, so many families were impacted, but one year later, we're seeing a positive shift. It's important we take a deep look at what changed and how we can keep this moving in the right direction. It's not one thing – it takes a full and comprehensive approach to make this impact. Advocates hitting the streets with Narcan.Prosecutors handing out murder convictions and longer sentences for dealers. And perhaps the most impactful, parents of victims sharing stories and putting faces to the numbers. And that's giving us an opening to speak with our own kids. This is not like 20 years ago when a teenager snuck a beer. Imagine taking a sip of a beer, but it's drugged with cyanide? That's what we mean when we say one pill can kill. KCRA 3 News continues our coverage of fentanyl awareness this week. Hear from advocates, former addicts, and families who are on a mission to educate, and heal themselves. We hope you and your kids, will join us to watch this important Project CommUNITY special Dec. 15 at 9:30 p.m. on KCRA 3. Ariel Roblin is the president and general manager of KCRA 3 and My58. See more of her editorials here.

A record number of families, more than 400, endured losing a loved one to a fentanyl-related death in Sacramento County last year.

So many of these kids thought they were taking a drug to help them sleep or focus only to be found later unresponsive by a family member. Sadly, so many families were impacted, but one year later, we're seeing a positive shift.

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It's important we take a deep look at what changed and how we can keep this moving in the right direction. It's not one thing – it takes a full and comprehensive approach to make this impact.

Advocates hitting the streets with Narcan.

Prosecutors handing out murder convictions and longer sentences for dealers.

And perhaps the most impactful, parents of victims sharing stories and putting faces to the numbers.

And that's giving us an opening to speak with our own kids. This is not like 20 years ago when a teenager snuck a beer. Imagine taking a sip of a beer, but it's drugged with cyanide? That's what we mean when we say one pill can kill.

KCRA 3 News continues our coverage of fentanyl awareness this week. Hear from advocates, former addicts, and families who are on a mission to educate, and heal themselves.

We hope you and your kids, will join us to watch this important Project CommUNITY special Dec. 15 at 9:30 p.m. on KCRA 3.


Ariel Roblin is the president and general manager of KCRA 3 and My58. See more of her editorials here.