COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina families impacted by Fentanyl deaths say they won’t stop fighting what they describe as a weapon of mass destruction.
On Saturday, they unveiled a new billboard during a Fentanyl rally.
“This gentleman just walked up to us and just lost his daughter within the past year. Erin Gillespie, forever 27. You’re now a part of our family. A family we don’t want to be a part of,” said Karrie Ann Hill, one advocate said while acknowledging another person impacted by Fentanyl.
While these families continue mourning the loss of their loved ones, just recently they were able to celebrate a small victory—the signing of a fentanyl-induced homicide bill . The new law creates felony offenses for anyone knowingly providing fentanyl to someone who dies from it.
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