The goal of this petition is to ask the California legislature to increase penalties to deter traffickers from poisoning kids with fentanyl.

Fentanyl is now the most deadly and dangerous drug circulating on the illegal drug market.

In California, 71% of all opioid-related deaths in 2020 were a result of fentanyl poisoning.

Two disturbing trends have dramatically escalated the dangers of fentanyl: the deceptive use of fentanyl in counterfeit pills and the use of social media to traffic illicit substances to young people.

We must take immediate action to stop these tragic deaths.

Just two milligrams of fentanyl (that’s like two grains of salt!) can kill. Fentanyl poisoning has become a public health emergency. According to the California Department of Public Health, statewide fentanyl deaths increased from 239 deaths in 2016 to 3,946 in 2020, or 1,551%. Current California law treats fentanyl as less serious than cocaine or heroin—leading to this sharp increase in fentanyl imports and fentanyl deaths. It is time we treat fentanyl as seriously as its consequences.

Assembly Bill 2246 will appropriately align penalties for fentanyl trafficking and cut this deadly drug off at its source.

Show your support and sign this petition!

Sponsored by VOID, Victims of Illicit Drugs
VOID was formed to bring to the public’s attention, through education, awareness and legislative advocacy, the immediate danger of sudden death associated with the use of illicit drugs, in particular FENTANYL, and other emerging synthetic analogs. This will be accomplished through the creation of a network of private, state and national governmental organizations, working together, to provide knowledge, preventive tools, and proposed legislation necessary to reduce the number of deaths occurring through this ever-increasing scourge confronting our society. We will speak on behalf of our loved ones, who can no longer speak for themselves.https://stopthevoid.org/