This year marks the fourth National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, and the trucking community is stepping up its efforts. The Trucking Cares Foundation, in collaboration with Facing Fentanyl and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, brought much-needed focus to the dangers of illicit fentanyl that affects families and trucking communities nationwide.
In New York City’s iconic Times Square, a Fentanyl Awareness trailer on loan from Ability Tri-Modal, a member company of the American Trucking Associations, served as a poignant backdrop. Family members who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning stood by to share their stories. At the same time, DEA Administrator Terry Cole and other government and law enforcement officials spoke out about ending this crisis.
After the Times Square event, the trailer was driven by America’s Road Team Captains Sammy Brewster and Teddy Butler, representing ABF Freight System, to Grand Central Station. From there, it was transported in procession toward St. Patrick’s Cathedral before returning to its home base in Ladson, South Carolina.
The urgency of this campaign cannot be overstated. Fentanyl-related poisonings tragically claim about 70,000 American lives each year, equating to roughly one death every five minutes.
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