Fentanyl Russian Roulette

Fentanyl Russian Roulette

To the Editor:

It is difficult for the average person to understand why a normal person would persist in playing Russian Roulette with a loaded gun every day, but that is what some people are doing who take various pills every day to try to escape reality.

Fentanyl is a common additive to many of the street drugs people take every day. The death toll is over 100,000 people a year, yet the public gets excited about 10,000 deaths from guns. Fentanyl should be treated like a loaded gun and anyone who deals it should be considered a potential murderer, and should either be sentenced to life in prison or should face the death penalty. The drug is that dangerous.

— Don Thorson, Newcastle