Mother of Fentanyl Victims Celebrates New Crackdown Law Signed by Trump

The Halt Fentanyl Act

• 🎯 The Halt Fentanyl Act has been signed into law, making fentanyl a Schedule I drug permanently with the harshest federal penalties.
• ⚡ This new law aims to cut off fentanyl supply at the source by targeting traffickers and the flood of the drug into communities.
• ⚖️ It gives law enforcement more power to go after traffickers and the labs creating synthetic copycats designed to skirt existing regulations.

Personal Tragedy and Advocacy

• 💔 Rebecca Kiessling shares the devastating loss of her two sons, Caleb and Kyler, who died after taking prescription pills that contained zero Percocet but multiple fentanyl analogues.
• ⚠️ Kiessling emphasizes that parents need to be more cautious about their children's internet and app access, as her sons obtained the pills through Snapchat.
• 🔒 She urges parents to lock their medication and dispose of unused prescriptions properly, as children may experiment with pills they believe are legitimate.

Critiquing Past Inaction and Praising New Law

• 🗣️ Kiessling contrasts the current administration's action with past inaction, noting that for years, little was done about the escalating fentanyl crisis.
• 🇺🇸 She feels President Trump is avenging her sons' deaths and saving lives by attacking this issue, calling it a historic step towards justice.
• 📈 The fentanyl crisis has claimed over 74,000 lives in the U.S. in the past year alone, with the drug often mixed into other substances without the user's knowledge.