Commentary: Keeping our kids safe from fentanyl
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Fentanyl is cheap to produce, easy to disguise as prescription or over-the-counter pills, and can be deadly in doses small enough to fit on the tip of a pencil.
Fentanyl isn’t just a threat to those struggling with addiction. It’s a threat to anyone who — maybe in a moment of pain or peer pressure — takes a single pill laced with this deadly drug.
Safety means being protected from big tech companies profiting off of their personal data, dangerous content that harms their mental health, and drug traffickers moving deadly substances.
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