Zachary Didier's parents, Laura and Chris Didier spoke to Brian Heap live during a KCRA 3 Investigates special report to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl.
After the fatal overdose of a Hartford teen from fentanyl, officials are pointing a spotlight on the crisis that's taken hold of the country and Connecticut.
drug, and he said, you know, we just didn t notice that this would have an impact. again, if somebody said let s reduce the penalty for drag trafficking that gets a lot of attention. an administrative change to a rule, probably not as much. uh-huh. i want to ask you we havely about we touched on it in the read, that these are fentanyl indictments. what s the difference in how the country needs to approach fighting fentanyl? that s something that s clearly coming in illegally oftentimes or is that an issue that also is with the drug manufacturers that are here as well? it s much more about being produced illegally. oftentimes the drug itself or the precursors come from china. they go into mexico. and then it is smuggled across the border either in cars or people carrying it on their bodies. and it s such a small amount of fentanyl to produce the kind of addiction that is required. the other problem of course is that a lot of fentanyl comes in through your mail system.