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

We need to address the grieving families here from EVERY demographic and political belief
system. We will have to be the ones to bridge this divide for the greater good. I am hopeful that
as a mother, you will understand the urgency that I and countless other parents in Michigan
feel towards ending this epidemic, educating our children, and addressing the mental health of
substance users as well as those living in grief. The stigma on mental health disorders and
Substance Use Disorder causes so much harm. We must do a better job of educating people.
When a large portion of the population has never even heard of illicit fentanyl and still believes
that SUD only happens to kids with lousy drug addicted parents that neglected them and
caused childhood trauma during their upbringing, it is long past due time to set the record
straight! We want a COVID-like response for public awareness – across this state and this
nation.
Would you please assist us in finding a permanent location for a Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall
within our State Capitol? Please visit https://drugepidemicmemoria;.org or “Drug Epidemic
Memorial Wall” on Facebook.
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 parents can touch their
loved one's name. We would like our loved ones to be treated like victims. Many were victims
of the earlier Purdue Pharma OxyContin opioid epidemic, and many are current victims of the
Chinese Communist Party criminal networks (for selling precursor chemicals to Mexico) and
the Mexican Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels (for manufacturing and distributing up into the United
States). Close the border! I am including a photo of Lisha’s digital photo frame from the virtual
Drug Epidemic Memorial Wall. She is just one of many Michiganders that unexpectedly lost
their life due to this fentanyl drug epidemic.
We prefer to use the words “fentanyl poisoning” over “fentanyl overdose”. We prefer to use the
words “drug-induced homicide” or “murder” over “accident”. We are using the word “drugism”
for the unjustified prejudice toward drug users, much like the word “racism”. Please work with
us to prevent these senseless deaths from continuing to happen.
Dearest Lisha: May You Rest in Eternal Peace with Our Lord in Heaven.
Sincerely,
Catharine Rose, mother of Lisha Bailey, Forever 40
Macomb County, MI
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