My Son Died Of A Fentanyl Overdose. Courtesy of Karen Wallace BarteltMy son Randy died in 2018 from an accidental fentanyl/heroin overdose. The number of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. has risen dramatically since Randy died, and overdose deaths linked to synthetic opioids have skyrocketed. "This was a year before Randy died," the author writes. An acquaintance, whose own child died of an accidental overdose, originally told me that her daughter had died of a stroke, even though she knew about Randy.

Source: Huffington Post July 23, 2024 19:56 UTC