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

Dear First Lady Sharon Landry,
I am an ambassador for the Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. I lost my daughter, Kourtney
Spillman, and unborn grandson, Rory Spillman, who were forever 25- and 8-months
gestational age. Kourtney was murdered by fentanyl, and we remain devastated. We
loved her beyond imagination.
Kourtney was the kindest and most empathetic person I have ever known. She was
abandoned by our state’s mental healthcare system and tried to self-medicate for over
eight years. After nearly 20 stays in state mental health facilities, she always came out
worse than when she went in. Now she and her unborn child are gone and her 2
surviving children, ages 5 and 7, are left without their mother.
Would you please assist us in finding a permanent location for a Drug Epidemic Memorial
Wall within our capital or another state building in Baton Rouge? We have created two
digital Memorial Walls: one with photos and one with names. I am including Kourtney’s
frame below. These digital walls and albums update automatically. We would also like the
photos displayed permanently in hard copy format in our State Capital.
We would like our loved ones to be treated like victims. They were all victims of the
pharmaceutical industry and many others. Now, they are victims of China, India, and the
Mexican cartels. Many were victims of a deadly condition called substance use disorder.
We are using the word “drugism” for the judgment toward people with SUD.
A group of our Louisiana parents would love to meet with you and work together to
prevent this from happening to other families.
Forever Grieving,
Michelle Evans-Miglin
Walker, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67297865/links-to-virtual-memorial-wallsalbums-and-awareness-campaign
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