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How a Mother is Making an Impact on the Fentanyl Crisis

Sep 5, 2023

According to the CDC, 107,000 people in the United States have died from drug poisoning related to fentanyl, yet the country fails to recognize it as the weapon of mass destruction that it is.

Prevalent substance addiction in the United States is a persistent problem - with fentanyl at the helm of the ship.  Lisa Deane, the CEO and founder of demandZERO, a nonprofilt working towards eradicating Mexican cartel fentanyl, joins the show.  Lisa founded demandZERO after losing her son in 2018 from fentanyl poisoning, and she has since make it her mission to end fentanyl's disastrous toll.

In this episode, we will discuss: 

  • Is substance addiction being normalized?  What is behind the growing demand for dangerous narcotics?
  • Fentanyl's easy pathway to children and schools
  • Enforcing accountability; halting Mexican cartels and controlling precursor chemicals


 

 

Views expressed in this material are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Rigaku Analytical Devices.

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Michael W. Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. He has a distinguished career spanning more than 32 years as a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. Prior to that he served as the country attaché in India and Myanmar providing foreign advisory support for counter narcotic enforcement. He also spent 10 years in Pakistan as a special advisor to the US Embassy on various law enforcement issues. Michael is a graduate of the United States Ranger Training Battalion and has a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Technology and Management from the University of Eastern Michigan.

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