Thanks for Herald’s coverage on fentanyl addiction

Thank you for the recent articles regarding fentanyl addiction; it was really eye opening (“‘Whole new demon’: Fentanyl deaths soar, and recovery is harder,” The Herald, April 10).

For one thing I didn’t know that while most drugs require 10 days to come off the drug, fentanyl requires 30 days and insurance only covers 10 days.

I want to thank Herald reporter Claudia Yaw for her interview with Randy Tharp. Big thank you to Randy for putting a face on this drug. Keep up the good work, I see you going forward as a speaker and mentor for others in need.

Thank you for the other informative articles by Associated Press reporters Geoff Mulvihill and Claudia Lauer for their additional informative drug article.

Your inclusion of the many drug programs in our area and the recognition of our fire departments and law enforcement that encounter overdoses on a daily basis I have no words for other than thank you.

Herald writer Zachariah Bryan wraps it up with his article of the arrest of Jeff Walker and recognition of the Snohomish Regional Drug & Gang Task Force, FBI, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Los Angeles Police Department. shows what it takes to capture the suppliers.

Leslie Foley

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