My husband overdosed on fentanyl. Cruel immigration policies won’t fix the crisis | Karie Fugett

I desperately want to find a solution to the fentanyl crisis. Unfortunately, all Trump’s talk about fixing it is smoke and mirrors

My husband died of a fentanyl overdose.

Leading up to his death, Cleve had been prescribed all sorts of pain medications. He was a war-wounded Marine who had been sent to Iraq twice. During his second deployment, an improvised explosive device detonated next to the Humvee he was driving. The military shipped him back to the States with TBI, PTSD and a leg so severely maimed it would eventually be amputated just below the knee. For the next four years, Cleve took opioids every day, multiple times a day.

Karie Fugett is an author living in Dothan, Alabama. Her debut memoir, Alive Day, is forthcoming on 6 May 2025