ICYMI: Senator Marshall Discusses Fentanyl Crisis on KCTV: No One is Immune to This

Kansas City, KS – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. appeared on KCTV to discuss his upcoming statewide Fentanyl Awareness Campaign, featuring every Kansas federal delegation member and a coalition of diverse Kansas voices. 

All next week, the campaign will focus on raising awareness about the dangers of illicit fentanyl and its presence in communities across Kansas. The coalition includes law enforcement, educators, members of the state legislature, and health care groups and beyond. Senator Marshall also shared the story of Cooper Davis, a young Kansas teen who lost his life after taking a fentanyl-laced Percocet purchased on social media. 

Highlights from Senator Marshall’s interview include: 

On Senator Marshall’s Statewide Fentanyl Awareness Campaign: 

“One pill can kill. One tablet of fentanyl can kill a person.”

“As our students are going back to school this week and next week, we want to make sure everyone across the state of Kansas, across the state of Missouri, in your listening area, understands that no one is immune to this.”

On Cooper Davis, a Young Kansas Teen Who Lost His Life to Fentanyl:

“Everyone thinks, ‘well it can’t be my child,’ and that’s what Cooper’s parents thought. It couldn’t be my child that would do this. But it is just so easy to get the fentanyl tablets.”

“It is easier in the state of Kansas, the state of Missouri, in the Kansas City metro area to get a fentanyl tablet, and cheaper than it is to order pizza online.”

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