USA First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff

Dear First Lady Kathy Evers,
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am an ambassador for the Drug Epidemic
Memorial Walls. As I am sure you are aware, fentanyl poisoning is at epidemic levels.
My daughter Amber was intelligent, determined, and beautiful with a college degree.
She suffered from chronic back pain issues stemming from a birth defect. She went to
pain clinics for injections, and she was then referred to a doctor in Milwaukee who got
her addicted to opioids, an addiction that lasted from 2014 through March 2018. He
prescribed OxyContin 30 mg, dispensing 210 a month. In 2018 his prescribing practices
were reported to the DEA. He did a plea deal in Federal Court in 2021 and was
sentenced to 18 months in prison in October of 2022.
For my daughter, that was too late. She was now a shell of who we knew, an addict, and
lost all her teeth and had dentures at age 39. She did rehab and drug court in 2019 and
graduated from drug court in 2021. She was doing well until November 29, 2022, when
she was a passenger in a serious car accident. Amber was a mother, daughter, sister,
and grandmother. The pain from the accident led her to find something for her pain. It
was laced with fentanyl. My daughter was found dead, poisoned by fentanyl on
12/14/22. She was 42 years old. People say, "She did it to herself!" But no one wakes
up and decides they want to be an addict. After all, a doctor was prescribing the meds to
her. I am now her voice. I am committed to doing all I can to combat the fentanyl threat
and honor our children.
Big pharma was fully aware of what opioids can do in the long term. Now the pendulum
has swung so far, the other way that even cancer patients can't get the drugs they need
for their pain. Fentanyl is not made here in the USA. It is coming in through our borders
and killing our kids! Please allow us to represent them and honor the memory of all who
have passed from fentanyl poisoning in our state by creating a memorial in our Capitol.
Thank You,
Wendy Hauch, Amber's mom
Sheboygan, WI
1019