Words can barely describe my feelings upon learning of the death of a 21-month-old New Hampshire girl late last year, a victim of fentanyl poisoning after being left alone with the deadly substance by parents rendered senseless by the drug. It's a heartbreaking case, and one that highlights a frightening fact: fentanyl is more than a dangerously addictive drug; it has the power to kill the unaware and the unassuming; people who have never tried drugs and never go near illicit substances. Fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction, and deserves to be classified as such.
