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A grieving mother is bringing attention to the narcotic that claimed her daughter's life in hopes of saving others.Maddie Wright, 23, died in 2020 after she took what she believed was oxycodone. Instead, the pill contained a lethal amount of fentanyl.The desire to save lives prompted Maddie's mother, Julie, to create the Maddie Wright Foundation. 'There's children that have never even heard or tried drugs that are dying,' Julie said.
'We're tired of crying,' she said. 'We're tired of seeing children dying. And the era for impunity for drug dealers has to end. It has to end.'Kim Osterman lost her son, Max, to a fentanyl overdose. She also expressed frustration with Colorado's laws. Since July 1, 2022, a person who knowingly possesses more than one gram of fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or an analog thereof commits a Level 4 drug felony.
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