Where are fentanyl victims’ rights?

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My son was a victim of drug-induced homicide. Historically, it’s been known as an overdose, but he didn’t overdose. Like far too many Americans, he took one pill that ended up being pureMy family is one of the lucky few that saw justice. Wesley’s case was the firstcase prosecuted by the U.S. attorney’s office. His killer is now serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison.

The Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crime provides advocacy and resources for families and victims of violent crime, a fantastic program that wrongfully excludes drug-induced homicide victims and their families. As a board member of the Drug-Induced Homicide Foundation, a nonprofit that has assisted hundreds of families struggling for justice for their loved ones lost to opioid poisoning, I wholeheartedly support this legislation.

 

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