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

Dear First Partner Siebel Newsom,
We are ambassadors for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. We lost our beautiful
son, Alex, who is forever 19. He overdosed on heroin in our home in Huntington
Beach, CA and we remain devastated. We loved him so very much and we will
never forget his smile and the love he had for his family. Alex was a kind boy with a
heart of gold. He was always there to help others. We know you have children
which you are raising in today’s challenging world.
We are requesting that you please assist us in finding a permanent location for a
Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall within our Capitol building in Sacramento. We have
created two memorial Walls. One with photos and one with names. I am including
Alex’s frame, below. I am also including the brochure of virtual memorial walls,
albums, and our awareness campaign. These digital walls and albums update
automatically. We would also like the photos displayed in hard copy format. The wall
of names can be projected on a wall so families can touch their loved one’s name.
We would like our loved ones to be treated like victims. They were all victims of
Purdue Pharma (an American cartel) and many others. Now, they are victims of
Chinese and the Mexican Cartels. We are using the word “drugism” for the prejudice
toward drug users - like racism.
A group of our California moms would love to meet with you and work together to
prevent this from happening to other families. What we have learned is no one is
immured to this nightmare, and it can happen to anyone at any time.
Sincerely,
Melisa and Paul Marks
Huntington Beach, CA
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