Beyond Fentanyl: Nitazenes, Narcan & One Mother’s Fight to Prevent Overdose.
After losing her youngest son, Marquavies “Quay” Broughton, to nitazene poisoning, Frederica Roberson transformed her grief into a mission to save lives.
In this powerful episode of Conversations with Karen and Cat, Frederica shares Quay’s story and the mission behind the Marquavies Bernard Broughton Foundation. She discusses the growing dangers of nitazenes, fentanyl, and other synthetic opioids; the signs of an opioid overdose; and why access to naloxone (Narcan) and overdose prevention education can save lives.
This important conversation explores substance use, addiction, recovery, youth drug prevention, and the challenges families face when seeking help.
Through advocacy, education, and prevention, Frederica is keeping Quay’s legacy alive while helping families and communities better understand the overdose crisis.
Contact The Marquavies Bernard Broughton Foundation at
Email: info@mbbfoundation.org
Website: https://mbbfoundation.org/
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Hello,
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and welcome back to Conversations with
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Karen and Kat,
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the podcast where we connect with powerful
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changemakers, visionaries,
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and everyday heroes who are shaping
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culture and community.
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I am Karen Scott Green.
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And I'm Kat Hardrick.
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And today we welcome Frederica Robinson.
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She is the founder and CEO of Marquavius
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Bernard Bronson Foundation Incorporated.
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on april first twenty twenty five uh
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frederica experienced something that all
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parents fear which was the devastating
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loss of her youngest child marquavius quay
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rotten to nidazine poisoning from that
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loss came a powerful mission turning pain
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into purpose and saving one life at a
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time
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Through her foundation,
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Frederica works to educate communities
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about overdose prevention, substance use,
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noxalene,
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and the growing dangers of fentanyl,
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nidazine, and other synthetic drugs.
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Today,
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we welcome Frederica to join us to share
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Quay's story,
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what families need to know about today's
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overdose crisis,
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and how each of us can help save
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a life.
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Thank you and welcome, Frederica.
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Thank you for having me.
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Yes, yes, absolutely.
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Before we get into starting of the
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foundation,
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can you tell us what was Quay like?
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Quay was a burst of energy.
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I mean,
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he never met a stranger and he loved
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to have fun.
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He loved family, faith, and football.
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If all those three years going on,
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he was good.
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He was always dancing, very energetic.
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He loved everybody, especially the kids.
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He was a favorite uncle out of everybody.
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And he just loved family.
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being around family and we do karaoke,
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we dance contests.
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That was us.
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He loves karaoke.
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Yes.
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No, none of us did, but we, we,
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we were singing go to song on karaoke.
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Um,
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what was it it was um it's one
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of them old school songs he don't hurt
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me singing i was born
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and another song that we sung together was
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we gonna stand up take my people with
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me together we are going that was it
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right there the whole family even the
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grandkids yeah that's beautiful can you
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take us back to April first twenty twenty
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five okay
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your life changed forever what happened
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and how did you get that news well
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i want to back up to the day
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before okay okay so quay had an addiction
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um he had played football and had an
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injury
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They were feeding him Percocets.
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When he couldn't get them from the doctor
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anymore, he went to the street.
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So he battled this addiction.
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And prior to three months,
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he had been clean.
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But he had cut his finger almost off
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on a blender,
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doing something Quay would do,
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stuck his finger in there,
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told him he wanted to see if the
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button worked.
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well it cut his finger and he had
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surgery on it but through that he would
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say that um mama i don't want no
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pain medicines he went through everything
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the surgery everything with no pain
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medicine the day before he passed away we
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went into the plastic surgeon office and
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he had a pen sticking out of his
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finger to hold that bone in place after
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the surgery and i remember walking out
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that door and i remember quay telling me
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mama
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I got a craving and I've called eighteen
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places and they tell us our insurance is
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out of network.
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I need ten thousand dollars.
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And I said, keep calling, keep calling.
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Somebody going to say yes.
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About four o'clock,
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he found this place in Ackworth and they
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told him, well,
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if you can get here by five o'clock,
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then we can do your detox.
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And he was like, I don't need detox.
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I just got a craving.
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I have no drugs in my system.
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They say, well,
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we'll schedule an appointment April first
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at ten a.m.
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And so throughout the night,
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he had satisfied that craving where two
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young ladies he knew sent him a pill
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via Uber courier.
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So it was delivered to my house in
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a book bag.
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And not one delivery, but two deliveries,
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one at eleven o'clock and one at two,
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some in the morning.
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And I have a Yorkie and very demanding
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at seven twenty.
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He yapping talking about I got to go
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to the bathroom.
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So I went to take him out to
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the bathroom.
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And when we came back in, I said,
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let me check Quay room.
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Some told me to check Quay's room.
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And when I went in there,
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he was laying back on his bed.
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but something didn't look right.
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Something didn't look right.
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And I was like, Quay,
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Quay called his name a couple of times
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and I jumped on him.
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I was like, Quay.
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And I felt for a pulse.
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He had a pulse.
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And I said, Lord, no, no.
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I called nine one one.
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And after I called nine one one,
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I administered a Narcan.
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And at that moment, he,
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I started doing CPR and I was able
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to sweep his mouth and he had some
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grapes.
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And so those grapes came out.
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And so I,
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I got two grapes out and I'm still
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going.
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He's gasping for air.
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I hit him with another Narcan.
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He's gasping for air.
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And then Quay looked at me.
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He turned his head,
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laid it in my hand.
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A tear came out and he took his
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last breath.
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I'm so sorry.
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Yeah.
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So at seven fifty seven, he was gone.
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He was gone.
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Yeah.
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So the drug that
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he had taken.
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I had never heard of... Nitazine.
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I had never heard of nitazine.
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When I looked it up for our conversation,
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I learned that it's more power than
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fentanyl.
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Tell us about nitazine and what we need
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to make people aware of how
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available that that even that class of
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synthetic opioids is.
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So nitazines was introduced in the
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nineteen fifties and sixties to the FDA.
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And at that time,
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when they were doing the studies,
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they were inject the mice and the mice
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were dying.
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So the FDA shot it down because it
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was too strong and powerful for pain
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medicine or for anybody.
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So it wasn't for human consumption.
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And so
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It's still utilized over in the UK and
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China.
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So some kind of way it's done found
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its way to the United States.
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If there's any drug in the world,
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it's going to find its way.
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Absolutely.
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Yeah.
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And so back in twenty nineteen is when
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they first started appearing.
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And I think it was more in the
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Philly area.
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And then fentanyl numbers just went to the
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roof.
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Well,
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When Dr. Terry called me, she stated,
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she was like,
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I think this is a fentanyl overdose,
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but do you mind if I send his
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bodily fluids over to the UBI?
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Just to interrupt you,
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for those who are not aware, Dr.
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Terry is the medical examiner in Gwinnett
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County.
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And so because your son did not die
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of like an illness or something,
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an autopsy would have been performed,
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which is why his body would have gone
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to her office.
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Yes.
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And so she sent it off to the
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GBI, who then sent it off,
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outsourced it out of state.
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It wasn't until four months later when I'm
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in the courtroom with the two young ladies
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that they arrested for this drug,
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for sending the drug,
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that I found out it was nitazine.
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And the thing about nitazines,
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they have a law for fentanyl.
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If you give somebody fentanyl,
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they have Austin's law,
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minimum of twenty five years.
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Well,
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they couldn't charge these young ladies
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with that, Austin's law,
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because it's specific.
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It says fentanyl, and that's it.
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And so Madam DA's office then took it
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to the grand jury for a felony murder
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charge.
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Okay.
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But that was how I came to find
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out about this drug.
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And it's amazing because Tom Branch from
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GNR Health had kind of took me under
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his wings and was giving me the reports
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of everything, the overdoses,
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the ones that's been saved with Narcan.
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And I remember two weeks prior to this,
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Tom Branch saying, well,
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we just had our first
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fatal death of nidazine so i started doing
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research about nidazine putting it out on
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my social media page and to find out
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that first death was my son wow so
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he hadn't even made that connection when
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he was telling you about it nope
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Not at all.
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So,
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it's twenty-one different types of
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nitazines out there.
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Okay.
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And they range from ten to a hundred
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times stronger than more, I mean,
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than fentanyl.
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Oh, my God.
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And fentanyl was what we thought was the
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most powerful opioid around.
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Exactly.
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Yeah.
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Can you say the doses?
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I know when we had a previous guest
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and we were talking about the fentanyl
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crisis and they showed
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Somewhere like smaller than a dime size.
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Actually, it's this pencil tip.
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Oh, wow.
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It's pretty potent.
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A small bit can kill you.
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Four grains of salt can kill you.
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There was an officer in Gwinnett County a
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few years ago that handled the fentanyl.
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And he handled it.
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I don't remember if he had on,
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but when he handled it,
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he wasn't aware that whatever the thing
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was that he picked up.
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had had fentanyl on it and he ended
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up getting sick and they had to give
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him Narcan.
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They ended up charging the person who the
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police went there to say because the
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officer ended up becoming ill because of
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just his contact with fentanyl.
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And this is anywhere from ten to a
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hundred times more potent than
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than more than fentanyl and quade died of
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isonitazine which is forty times stronger
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than fentanyl eight hundred times stronger
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than morphine now give me that name again
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isonitazine isonitazine i've never heard
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of any of these no and
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The thing about it,
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the DA is starting to do a little
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bit more research.
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They're actually compensating a little bit
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more now that they know about it.
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But the problem is nobody can test for
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it here in Georgia.
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That's a problem.
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Because how many more fentanyl cases
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that they're just labeled as fentanyl and
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it's actually the nitrogen.
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So the numbers ain't right.
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And can't nobody convince me that the
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numbers are right.
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Thank God for Dr. Terry.
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But when the fentanyl first hit the scene,
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Dr.
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Terry was the one under ones who broke
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that as well.
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And so you took this incredible loss.
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Like, I don't even know.
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I don't even know how you were able
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to,
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but you took this loss and you created
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this organization.
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So tell us about this organization that
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you've named after your child.
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Well, you know,
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it's amazing because I remember speaking
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at Quay's funeral on April the eleventh
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and I got up and I spoke to
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everyone and I said,
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we're going to cry today,
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but we're going to put boots on the
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ground because we I do not want to
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see another mother feel the pain that I
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have felt.
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God gave me comfort in this because when
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they roll Quay out of my house,
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a sparrow start hitting my window.
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that sparrow hit my window for thirty
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eight days straight at seven fifty seven
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a.m.
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And I would record it every day on
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Facebook.
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And I knew then this is it.
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And
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You know, you don't understand.
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God has been already giving you the work
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and not even knowing it.
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I was in school for a bachelor's in
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science and equine studies.
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And that December prior,
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my project was to form a five oh
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one C three.
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And it was called finding strength through
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the storms.
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And so speaking over quite a day,
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God gave me that vision.
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The vision is the Marquavius Bernard
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Broughton Foundation.
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You take that name off.
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And I took that and submitted the same
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paperwork that I turned in as a paper
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and got a ninety eight on.
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Yeah.
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And here we are,
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the Marquavius Bernard Broughton
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Foundation.
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And we submitted it on September the
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thirtieth.
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On October the first,
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we had a government shutdown.
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That department was shut down.
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But on October the fourteenth,
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I received my five oh one C three.
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listen when I say it's boots on the
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ground I'm in every room I'm setting up
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tables everywhere I'm educating people on
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Narcan on the new drugs that are out
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there because it's not just nitazine you
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got the metatopidine you got the xylosine
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so as quick as we are learning about
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things it's new it's emerging that's
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what's scary yes you have a powerful you
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have a powerful quote
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on your website,
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turning pain into purpose by educating
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others about the devastating effects of
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substance abuse.
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And empowering communities to take action.
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That's it.
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That's very powerful.
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It's all about the action.
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We can talk about it all day,
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but action moves may bring a movement.
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And that's what I tend to do here
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in Georgia, New York, Washington, D.C.,
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Florida.
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Those are all the states where I have
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taken this to.
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I go next week to Tennessee and speak
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in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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This is something,
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this foundation is now how I hear Quay's
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heartbeat.
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And it's going to be loud.
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So the purpose of the foundation is
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education and awareness.
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Education, awareness, advocating,
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and sitting with grieving families.
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My God.
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Can you talk about a couple of the
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programs that you offer?
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I see you have a Quay project.
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Am I saying that right?
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And a Mark program.
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So the Quay project is in action.
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That's me going out,
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educating the community.
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doing the vendor tables we do a
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partnership for purpose we did a five k
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this year which was our first annual where
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um commissioner jasper did a proclamation
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where made that day partnership for
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purpose day and that was april the
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eleventh all that falls under the quays
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project and so it's um storytelling um
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is part of the praise project we are
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working on so that mark project he spoke
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about that's my long-term goal and my
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long-term goal god gave me a vision of
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forty four acres five years ago when i
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had bone cancer i beat that bone cancer
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i didn't understand what forty four acres
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was
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That's why I was back in school for
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a bachelor's in science and equine
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studies.
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Cause I thought I was supposed to have
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a equine assisted therapy for trauma
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veterans and mental health.
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Well, when I graduated, um,
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I learned so much more,
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but it's a mental health component to all
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of this.
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And so Quay was not able to get
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in a place.
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It was about money.
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So this forty four acres,
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I want to build a section of it
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to have an equine assistant therapy for
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mental health, trauma and veterans.
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And then I want a detox center.
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I want a recovery treatment home on that
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property where they can get the one year
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long term goal.
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But I also would like to place twenty
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one tiny homes on that property.
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because we don't want to send them back
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to the streets.
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We want to send them back to their
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own place and teach them how to live
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in society by educating,
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showing them how to write checks.
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A lot of them don't even know how
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to manage money,
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make sure all these programs is there.
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And so the mark project is Quay leaving
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his mark on the world.
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And I love how you're going to,
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you're thinking ahead because when people
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have to, when they,
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when they are working to get off drugs,
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then you go back into society and you're
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not strong enough or may not be strong
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enough because all of the mess is still
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there.
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And most people have to literally pick up
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and relocate because when you go to a
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brand new spot,
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you don't know where all the stuff is.
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You got to seek it out.
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That's right.
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So it's good that you're thinking about
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that.
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Um,
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Yes.
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The twenty one tiny home.
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So my consultant that has helped me with
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the foundation and all the back end
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paperwork and everything.
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She actually knows the maker,
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the inventor of the tiny home.
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Don't.
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He's willing to donate twenty one tiny
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homes to that land.
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So when the land comes in,
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I really wanted in Gwinnett County because
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Gwinnett County don't have any places.
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When we made those phone calls,
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they were all outside of Gwinnett County.
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And that's a problem.
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It's a problem because it's heavily in
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Gwinnett County.
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So how can our listeners support your
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vision?
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So if on the website, mbbfoundation.org,
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it's a place where to donate.
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And when you hit that donate tab,
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it takes you to Givelify,
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which is different projects.
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All the projects is on there.
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We got one up and coming.
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It's the Koi way.
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One...
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One conversation at a time,
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one mile at a time.
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We had a billboard for the whole month
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of August up on Lawrenceville Highway to
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promote the Quayway.
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But we're going to start doing car shows
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because that'll bring out people.
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You know,
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the cars will bring the people out where
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we can educate them.
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And so we're starting on the Quayway
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campaign.
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And that's going to be like one of
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our signatures because it'll be the...
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what do you call it, the car shows,
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but also we'll have where we'll go in
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and speak in schools, the Quayway,
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educating them.
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And then also I'm looking,
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I'm going to talk to Ry Gwinnett and
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see can I get the Quayway campaign in
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on the bus system so it can show
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advertising and educational things about
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the different drugs that is coming on.
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And I also would like to wrap a
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bus with a...
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message a message a message with some
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education behind it and quay's face so you
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can see this is a real person so
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i i just proposed to the nfl the
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koiway campaign so fingers crossed listen
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i i was just in new york last
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week um for facing fentanyl and i stood
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in times square and spoke to parents you
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know
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in reference to fentanyl and nitazines,
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but I also stood with over two thousand
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families who's lost somebody and Quaid was
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on the billboard in Times Square.
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I talk.
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Wanda Wiggins takes me everywhere with
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her.
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I speak everywhere she goes.
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She's like, come on, I'm coming.
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One thing about it,
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this has become my passion,
00:21:31.093 --> 00:21:32.413
but it's also my purpose.
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You know,
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you think you've been found your purpose
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in life.
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This is it.
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And today is a prime example.
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Just this morning.
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On my way to work,
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I'm a practice manager of a dermatology
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office.
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And I get a phone call from my
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office stating one of my employees
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overdosed.
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Oh, my gosh.
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She hit the floor.
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I have equipped my office and trained my
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office.
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They hit her with two Narcans.
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And then they hit her with the IM
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and brought her back.
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So Quay is still saving lives,
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one life at a time.
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And that was a reality check that you're
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doing exactly what you were supposed to
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do.
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And God has equipped you for this.
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So don't worry about the finances because
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they coming.
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Keep telling your story.
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If it's God's will,
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God will take care of the bill.
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That's it.
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To quote another guest.
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So, Frederica,
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what takeaway should parents and loved
00:22:37.489 --> 00:22:41.373
ones take away from this show,
00:22:41.432 --> 00:22:43.253
this episode today?
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Pay attention to your kids.
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Listen to your kids.
00:22:49.093 --> 00:22:50.993
Because if you listen, they'll talk.
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But educate them.
00:22:54.035 --> 00:22:57.517
There are things that's out there that one
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pill can kill.
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All it takes is one time.
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And pay attention.
00:23:03.199 --> 00:23:05.059
Don't take no candy from nobody.
00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:07.320
Don't take these vapes from nobody.
00:23:07.361 --> 00:23:09.001
Don't take no pills from nobody.
00:23:09.442 --> 00:23:09.942
Right now,
00:23:10.082 --> 00:23:12.022
it's sidewalk chalk out there that they're
00:23:12.063 --> 00:23:13.864
putting in the playgrounds.
00:23:14.998 --> 00:23:17.259
The children touch it, they pass out,
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they're swiping the kids.
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It goes along with sex trafficking.
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So pay attention.
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Pay attention to signs and things that
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they normally do that they start to
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disconnect from.
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And I just say be involved in your
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child, your loved ones.
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But if they aren't at it, listen.
00:23:35.741 --> 00:23:37.442
Because Quay taught me a lot.
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Because I walked with him these three
00:23:39.863 --> 00:23:40.982
years with that journey.
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So listening is very key.
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And people also need to realize,
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particularly young people,
00:23:48.403 --> 00:23:49.183
is that
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What you may be taking,
00:23:53.614 --> 00:23:56.036
you may not even realize that it's laced
00:23:56.175 --> 00:23:56.836
with something.
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So you might be thinking that you're
00:23:58.959 --> 00:23:59.659
getting weed.
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You might be thinking you're getting
00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:03.643
something in your vape that's like THC or
00:24:03.682 --> 00:24:04.143
whatever.
00:24:04.903 --> 00:24:08.307
Or a gummy that's just like a THC.
00:24:08.666 --> 00:24:11.109
And it can be laced with one of
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these synthetic opioids.
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And so that's why it's so important.
00:24:17.134 --> 00:24:20.317
and it's so important to know number one
00:24:20.336 --> 00:24:24.480
what you're ingesting and even if you've
00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:27.082
gotten something from someone before and
00:24:27.122 --> 00:24:29.443
it was safe doesn't mean that the next
00:24:29.483 --> 00:24:34.487
time it will be one last thing I
00:24:34.507 --> 00:24:37.229
would like to say everybody needs to carry
00:24:37.409 --> 00:24:42.472
Narcan everybody I don't care if you think
00:24:42.593 --> 00:24:44.213
it'll never happen to you
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I work for a dermatology office.
00:24:48.151 --> 00:24:50.031
You don't expect dermatology.
00:24:50.071 --> 00:24:51.192
But in the last month,
00:24:51.532 --> 00:24:53.133
we have had two overdose,
00:24:53.333 --> 00:24:55.233
one a patient's mother,
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I mean a patient's father,
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and one of my employees.
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Everywhere you go, this can happen.
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Just be equipped.
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How can a household get access to Narcan?
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Okay, so our foundation,
00:25:10.481 --> 00:25:11.922
if you reach out to our foundation,
00:25:11.961 --> 00:25:13.002
we can get it to you,
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but you also can go to Georgia Overdose
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Prevention and you can order it.
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You tell them how many in your household,
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they'll send them out for free.
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Okay, and so if you wanted to,
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go ahead.
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Go ahead.
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Say that.
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Go ahead.
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If you wanted to get in contact with
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the foundation,
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the email address is info at M B
00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:38.961
B foundation.org.
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And the B as is B as in
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boy.
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Uh,
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and the E the website is M B
00:25:47.083 --> 00:25:49.124
B foundation.org.
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So, um,
00:25:50.855 --> 00:25:53.277
again if you're if you want to get
00:25:53.376 --> 00:25:56.537
your can of narcan you can also contact
00:25:56.557 --> 00:25:58.557
the foundation in order to be able to
00:25:58.597 --> 00:26:01.557
get um to get narcan and to have
00:26:01.617 --> 00:26:04.659
it in your home in your car at
00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:09.920
your at your work yes one thing about
00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:12.019
the narcan as well and i like to
00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:14.580
tell people this before um
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If it's expired,
00:26:17.584 --> 00:26:20.230
it is still good up to twenty five
00:26:20.451 --> 00:26:20.913
years.
00:26:22.137 --> 00:26:23.239
don't throw it away.
00:26:23.459 --> 00:26:24.680
It is still good.
00:26:25.320 --> 00:26:27.321
So is it easy to administer?
00:26:27.402 --> 00:26:29.063
How do you administer the Narcan?
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So Narcan, it is a nasal spray.
00:26:32.865 --> 00:26:35.087
And just like your Flonase,
00:26:35.147 --> 00:26:38.670
just like nasal cord, you inject,
00:26:38.750 --> 00:26:41.231
you push it in the nostril and push
00:26:41.271 --> 00:26:41.771
the button.
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Push it up.
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Okay.
00:26:42.913 --> 00:26:43.373
That's it.
00:26:43.394 --> 00:26:44.934
But you want to make sure you hit
00:26:44.974 --> 00:26:46.976
that membrane because that's,
00:26:47.556 --> 00:26:48.497
it's a mucosis.
00:26:48.517 --> 00:26:49.397
So it,
00:26:49.917 --> 00:26:51.679
gets to the bloodstream quicker when it
00:26:51.739 --> 00:26:53.539
hits a membrane.
00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:55.040
So pushing it in,
00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.981
it's no wrong way to do it.
00:26:57.902 --> 00:26:59.603
You just want it in that nostril.
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Get it in that nostril so that it
00:27:00.903 --> 00:27:02.605
gets into the bloodstream.
00:27:02.865 --> 00:27:04.385
Do you talk about the Narcan,
00:27:04.405 --> 00:27:05.906
how to administer it when you give your
00:27:06.487 --> 00:27:07.307
presentations?
00:27:07.728 --> 00:27:08.107
I do.
00:27:08.508 --> 00:27:08.907
I do.
00:27:09.167 --> 00:27:13.171
I actually do a whole demonstration of the
00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:15.132
signs and symptoms to look for,
00:27:16.031 --> 00:27:17.432
which is the
00:27:19.295 --> 00:27:21.856
Dilated pupils, slurring of the words,
00:27:22.278 --> 00:27:23.338
the gurgling,
00:27:23.719 --> 00:27:26.221
those are things that you know that it
00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:30.724
can be a suspected overdose or just
00:27:30.845 --> 00:27:31.645
unresponsive.
00:27:32.125 --> 00:27:34.268
And even if the person, say for instance,
00:27:34.288 --> 00:27:36.589
you administer it and it wasn't an
00:27:36.690 --> 00:27:38.251
overdose, it will not hurt them.
00:27:38.912 --> 00:27:40.192
Narcan will not hurt them.
00:27:40.513 --> 00:27:41.555
You said gurgling.
00:27:41.615 --> 00:27:43.395
Is the gurgling kind of like the death
00:27:43.455 --> 00:27:44.297
rattle gurgling?
00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.942
It's similar to the death rattle gurgling,
00:27:47.002 --> 00:27:49.665
and it's because what the drug has done
00:27:49.726 --> 00:27:51.507
is told the brain not to breathe.
00:27:52.167 --> 00:27:53.489
Oh, my.
00:27:53.608 --> 00:27:55.611
And so the body is going back and
00:27:55.651 --> 00:27:58.433
forth saying, do I breathe, do I don't?
00:27:58.473 --> 00:28:01.636
So that gurgling is the death gurgle.
00:28:01.757 --> 00:28:05.760
What's known, you know, people who...
00:28:06.271 --> 00:28:09.294
dealt with death they call it yes yes
00:28:10.615 --> 00:28:14.077
which is almost it's indescribable it is
00:28:14.137 --> 00:28:17.299
indescribable once you've heard it you
00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:21.282
will never forget it absolutely never
00:28:21.303 --> 00:28:25.286
forget it yes and that would be absolutely
00:28:25.486 --> 00:28:29.888
horrifying to hear that I did not know
00:28:30.048 --> 00:28:32.211
that that is one of
00:28:34.073 --> 00:28:35.534
the symptoms to look out for one of
00:28:35.574 --> 00:28:37.914
the signs to look out for it is
00:28:37.994 --> 00:28:39.976
but that's not just because you heard it
00:28:40.196 --> 00:28:43.979
don't mean you can't bring them back so
00:28:44.239 --> 00:28:46.560
don't let that be a fear that you've
00:28:46.661 --> 00:28:49.863
lost or you didn't succeed continue doing
00:28:49.903 --> 00:28:52.744
the same thing you were doing and after
00:28:52.785 --> 00:28:54.726
you've administered one you wait ninety
00:28:54.826 --> 00:28:56.807
seconds to a hundred and twenty seconds
00:28:56.846 --> 00:28:59.729
and then you can administer another one so
00:29:00.128 --> 00:29:01.790
a lot of times it takes more than
00:29:01.911 --> 00:29:02.451
one dose
00:29:03.257 --> 00:29:04.377
That's what I was going to ask, too.
00:29:04.438 --> 00:29:05.178
What's that level?
00:29:05.238 --> 00:29:07.419
But one thing I do want to say
00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:09.319
is to our young people,
00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:11.942
sometimes you think you're just having fun
00:29:12.402 --> 00:29:14.963
and you're trying something new and it
00:29:15.023 --> 00:29:16.423
looks cool.
00:29:18.244 --> 00:29:20.006
Really think about what you're doing,
00:29:20.046 --> 00:29:22.327
because when you exchange these items that
00:29:22.367 --> 00:29:24.028
you don't even know what you have in
00:29:24.048 --> 00:29:25.249
your own possession,
00:29:25.690 --> 00:29:27.530
you can share something that may take
00:29:27.570 --> 00:29:28.471
someone's life.
00:29:29.132 --> 00:29:31.393
And now two families.
00:29:33.145 --> 00:29:35.507
have been impacted by that.
00:29:35.946 --> 00:29:36.807
Because like you said,
00:29:36.827 --> 00:29:40.028
it was two people who were convicted or
00:29:40.048 --> 00:29:41.430
charged during the process.
00:29:43.111 --> 00:29:45.751
And these are young people.
00:29:45.852 --> 00:29:48.893
And maybe some people may not know.
00:29:48.932 --> 00:29:49.492
They're like, hey,
00:29:49.512 --> 00:29:50.953
let's just go have a good time.
00:29:51.394 --> 00:29:54.395
And then now the unthinkable happens.
00:29:54.536 --> 00:29:56.215
So young people, please, please,
00:29:56.256 --> 00:29:59.458
please don't do it.
00:29:59.877 --> 00:30:00.597
Don't do it.
00:30:00.718 --> 00:30:01.898
Talk to your parents.
00:30:02.491 --> 00:30:03.813
Talk to your educators.
00:30:04.272 --> 00:30:06.375
Get involved with MBB Foundation.
00:30:06.434 --> 00:30:11.617
Just find someone to talk to because it
00:30:11.637 --> 00:30:12.398
could be you.
00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.641
It could be you.
00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:17.542
And when you just said the whole chalk
00:30:17.603 --> 00:30:19.084
thing and people doing this stuff,
00:30:19.104 --> 00:30:21.625
like we really have to protect our babies.
00:30:22.086 --> 00:30:23.487
We have to protect our babies.
00:30:24.166 --> 00:30:25.887
And the first way is through a
00:30:25.948 --> 00:30:27.068
conversation like this.
00:30:27.088 --> 00:30:28.630
So thank you for being vulnerable.
00:30:28.690 --> 00:30:31.011
Thank you for sharing your testimonies.
00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.800
Thank you for telling us about your
00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:36.123
precious baby and turning your pain into
00:30:36.163 --> 00:30:38.384
purpose so you can save other lives.
00:30:39.164 --> 00:30:42.067
And with everything that you're doing,
00:30:42.166 --> 00:30:44.008
how do you protect your mental wellness?
00:30:45.088 --> 00:30:46.549
I got a family counselor.
00:30:46.930 --> 00:30:49.051
I got an individual counselor.
00:30:49.912 --> 00:30:52.473
And I practice self-care more now.
00:30:52.894 --> 00:30:55.435
But I can say, since Quay has passed,
00:30:55.655 --> 00:30:57.217
it has given me a peace
00:30:58.083 --> 00:30:59.564
because I'm not worrying anymore.
00:30:59.884 --> 00:31:00.944
I used to watch the news,
00:31:01.125 --> 00:31:04.407
it's the peace that surpasses all
00:31:04.448 --> 00:31:04.988
understanding.
00:31:05.028 --> 00:31:06.769
So now I'm able to take care of
00:31:06.788 --> 00:31:06.949
me.
00:31:07.829 --> 00:31:09.290
And he was the baby, like I said,
00:31:09.330 --> 00:31:10.432
so I'm empty nested.
00:31:11.492 --> 00:31:14.034
I'm outside, I'm enjoying life.
00:31:14.734 --> 00:31:15.935
I get on a flight just to go
00:31:15.976 --> 00:31:16.756
somewhere to eat.
00:31:18.436 --> 00:31:19.718
And I love water.
00:31:20.219 --> 00:31:23.101
And when I start to feel,
00:31:23.721 --> 00:31:25.623
that's where my safe place is to the
00:31:25.663 --> 00:31:25.923
water.
00:31:27.375 --> 00:31:29.117
And it don't matter if it's the beach
00:31:29.417 --> 00:31:30.599
or a waterfall.
00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:31.901
I just need to hear the water.
00:31:32.362 --> 00:31:38.109
There's something cathartic about water.
00:31:38.289 --> 00:31:38.911
Mm-hmm.
00:31:39.934 --> 00:31:44.420
There's something healing about water.
00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.561
Take me to the water.
00:31:45.622 --> 00:31:46.863
Take me to the river.
00:31:47.084 --> 00:31:49.026
It's all about the water.
00:31:49.046 --> 00:31:51.650
It's all about the water.
00:31:52.109 --> 00:31:54.794
I remember being younger.
00:31:54.874 --> 00:31:55.734
You have cramps.
00:31:56.194 --> 00:31:56.556
I'd go...
00:31:57.817 --> 00:31:58.896
Lay in the tub.
00:31:59.836 --> 00:32:00.498
In the tub.
00:32:00.817 --> 00:32:01.778
Hot water.
00:32:04.498 --> 00:32:07.719
But that water just made you feel better.
00:32:07.798 --> 00:32:08.798
Being in the water.
00:32:08.818 --> 00:32:13.861
There's something very calming and
00:32:13.941 --> 00:32:15.921
relaxing about being in the water.
00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:18.541
One of the things I was thinking about
00:32:18.862 --> 00:32:23.782
is for the parents and the loved ones
00:32:23.843 --> 00:32:25.262
who dealt with
00:32:26.884 --> 00:32:29.326
loved ones that were struggling with
00:32:29.425 --> 00:32:33.969
addiction the worry the anxiety the
00:32:34.249 --> 00:32:38.412
sleepless nights worry and especially if
00:32:39.071 --> 00:32:40.732
you've put a boundary and you said you
00:32:40.772 --> 00:32:42.814
cannot do this in my home and you
00:32:42.854 --> 00:32:46.676
cannot be here when you're doing this and
00:32:46.717 --> 00:32:48.778
they're out there in the world and not
00:32:48.877 --> 00:32:52.881
knowing what's going on with them
00:32:54.107 --> 00:32:56.911
And because the call that if you've,
00:32:57.672 --> 00:33:00.054
for anyone who's listening or watching
00:33:00.074 --> 00:33:00.275
this,
00:33:00.615 --> 00:33:02.876
if you've ever had a loved one that's
00:33:02.936 --> 00:33:05.079
dealt with addiction,
00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:07.923
the greatest fear is getting that call
00:33:07.962 --> 00:33:10.684
that they're no longer with us.
00:33:11.006 --> 00:33:12.727
Yes.
00:33:12.748 --> 00:33:13.808
But also...
00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:17.842
learning that they're no longer in pain
00:33:17.862 --> 00:33:20.463
because addiction is a pain anyone who's
00:33:20.523 --> 00:33:22.025
dealt with the loved one that's dealt with
00:33:22.065 --> 00:33:23.826
addiction know that it's pain because
00:33:24.146 --> 00:33:25.887
people that are dealing with addiction
00:33:25.928 --> 00:33:27.528
living with addiction even if they're
00:33:27.568 --> 00:33:29.931
getting over it you know coping with you
00:33:29.951 --> 00:33:32.512
know being substance free for however long
00:33:33.232 --> 00:33:37.096
they still struggle on it's a day-to-day
00:33:37.135 --> 00:33:39.657
struggle for the rest of your life for
00:33:39.678 --> 00:33:41.859
the rest of your life and every second
00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.440
counts
00:33:43.479 --> 00:33:45.920
And like I said,
00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:48.701
Quay was three months clean.
00:33:48.721 --> 00:33:51.923
But all it took is that one release.
00:33:52.003 --> 00:33:54.845
And that next time that you hit something
00:33:55.226 --> 00:33:57.906
could be the last time because your body
00:33:57.987 --> 00:33:59.647
isn't immune to it anymore.
00:34:00.067 --> 00:34:01.209
So therefore,
00:34:02.789 --> 00:34:04.671
it sends your body into a stress.
00:34:05.131 --> 00:34:06.372
But one thing about it,
00:34:07.192 --> 00:34:08.773
and that's why I say listen,
00:34:09.713 --> 00:34:11.635
because they cry out.
00:34:12.369 --> 00:34:13.630
And they cry loud.
00:34:13.951 --> 00:34:16.072
It's either they're going to cry loud of
00:34:16.132 --> 00:34:17.054
how high they get,
00:34:18.195 --> 00:34:20.739
or they're going to cry loud trusting you
00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:23.161
with their secret.
00:34:23.382 --> 00:34:24.784
And that right there,
00:34:24.884 --> 00:34:26.445
I tell parents all the time,
00:34:26.806 --> 00:34:27.266
first of all,
00:34:27.306 --> 00:34:28.807
don't think it can never happen to your
00:34:28.847 --> 00:34:29.148
child.
00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:32.719
Don't think that your child's not doing
00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:35.340
these things because the world is giving
00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:35.539
it.
00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.481
Yes.
00:34:38.260 --> 00:34:40.101
It's not how much you make.
00:34:40.201 --> 00:34:42.202
It's not the education you have.
00:34:42.762 --> 00:34:46.521
This right here, it has no,
00:34:46.842 --> 00:34:47.822
it don't discriminate.
00:34:48.342 --> 00:34:49.063
It really don't.
00:34:49.583 --> 00:34:49.722
Yeah.
00:34:49.762 --> 00:34:56.704
The son of the vice president and then
00:34:56.744 --> 00:34:57.425
the president.
00:34:58.045 --> 00:34:59.085
Yeah.
00:34:59.164 --> 00:34:59.364
Yeah.
00:35:00.056 --> 00:35:01.579
It's just wherever you have access.
00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.340
And like you said,
00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:04.603
if it's someone who's willing to move it
00:35:05.565 --> 00:35:07.228
and try to create a customer,
00:35:07.467 --> 00:35:09.030
because that's just what it is, right?
00:35:09.050 --> 00:35:09.992
That's just how it is.
00:35:10.012 --> 00:35:12.396
If somebody pushing something to make a
00:35:12.436 --> 00:35:12.876
profit,
00:35:13.757 --> 00:35:16.057
at your expense, at your life,
00:35:16.237 --> 00:35:17.139
at your family.
00:35:17.518 --> 00:35:20.019
And that's why we have to continue to
00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.641
have these conversations so people can
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stop.
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Because if we stop buying it,
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if we start letting people know what it
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looks like, what it smells like,
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what it sounds like,
00:35:29.465 --> 00:35:32.987
how it shows up in the physical after
00:35:33.027 --> 00:35:34.849
you've ingested it,
00:35:34.909 --> 00:35:36.809
now we can start doing things about it.
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And before I met you,
00:35:39.150 --> 00:35:40.871
I didn't know about this.
00:35:41.521 --> 00:35:44.463
all together so we every every generation
00:35:44.543 --> 00:35:46.125
it seems like it's a new it's something
00:35:46.144 --> 00:35:48.045
that was cracked there was you know a
00:35:48.065 --> 00:35:49.847
lot and people are doing it and all
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types of things so it's just about
00:35:53.128 --> 00:35:55.690
educating folks and letting people know
00:35:55.710 --> 00:35:57.271
and get aware because listen there are
00:35:57.311 --> 00:36:00.092
some evil people out here yes it is
00:36:00.112 --> 00:36:02.512
they are willing to make money for your
00:36:02.572 --> 00:36:06.295
life it is to take your life you
00:36:06.335 --> 00:36:08.876
know so you ladies have you can't y'all
00:36:09.016 --> 00:36:10.498
both of y'all have dropped some knowledge
00:36:10.557 --> 00:36:10.838
on me
00:36:11.704 --> 00:36:12.043
you know,
00:36:12.204 --> 00:36:14.565
in navigating this entire space and making
00:36:14.585 --> 00:36:15.204
sure, because, you know,
00:36:15.244 --> 00:36:17.846
being around kids, mentoring kids,
00:36:17.905 --> 00:36:19.786
you want to, we all, it's a village.
00:36:20.106 --> 00:36:21.005
It takes a village.
00:36:21.385 --> 00:36:21.887
It is.
00:36:21.927 --> 00:36:23.246
And we really need to look out for,
00:36:23.266 --> 00:36:24.786
do you have any upcoming events or
00:36:24.867 --> 00:36:25.086
anything?
00:36:25.106 --> 00:36:26.128
I know you said you're about to go
00:36:26.168 --> 00:36:27.827
out of town and then we'll let that
00:36:28.007 --> 00:36:29.568
wrap up and tell everybody what you're
00:36:29.588 --> 00:36:31.009
doing one more time and how they can
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support you.
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Okay,
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so I am going out of town for
00:36:34.909 --> 00:36:38.393
Tennessee Overdose Prevention Day because
00:36:38.413 --> 00:36:39.032
in Georgia,
00:36:39.893 --> 00:36:41.876
next year is going to be different because
00:36:41.936 --> 00:36:43.257
I'm bringing it to Georgia.
00:36:43.998 --> 00:36:47.181
But they have this big thing for Overdose
00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.041
Awareness Day,
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which is August thirty first.
00:36:50.003 --> 00:36:50.844
So I'm going out there.
00:36:50.864 --> 00:36:55.168
I'm actually speaking in Covington on
00:36:55.268 --> 00:36:55.909
Friday.
00:36:57.949 --> 00:37:00.490
at Conyers Methodist Church for their
00:37:00.650 --> 00:37:02.251
overdose awareness program.
00:37:02.710 --> 00:37:04.572
But we have a big car show that's
00:37:04.612 --> 00:37:06.112
coming up October the tenth.
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It's going to be in Newton County.
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We partner with the Drug and Alcohol
00:37:11.112 --> 00:37:12.534
Council of Georgia,
00:37:13.213 --> 00:37:14.793
and we're bringing the entertainment
00:37:14.833 --> 00:37:15.634
portion of it.
00:37:16.275 --> 00:37:17.795
And it's the car show.
00:37:18.643 --> 00:37:20.766
and giving out educational materials
00:37:20.847 --> 00:37:23.248
educating the community and it's supposed
00:37:23.268 --> 00:37:27.172
to be six hundred youth out there and
00:37:27.193 --> 00:37:29.496
those cars attract the youth and then we
00:37:29.516 --> 00:37:36.664
can educate them that's it that's it so
00:37:36.824 --> 00:37:38.505
like i i do like to tell people
00:37:39.125 --> 00:37:41.445
If you would like to have the foundation
00:37:41.525 --> 00:37:42.327
at your events,
00:37:42.606 --> 00:37:44.788
one thing that we have been specializing
00:37:44.867 --> 00:37:46.387
in is bringing a car show.
00:37:46.969 --> 00:37:48.730
And we have a car club that does
00:37:48.809 --> 00:37:51.251
nothing but car shows for a cause.
00:37:51.291 --> 00:37:52.972
Oh, wow.
00:37:53.032 --> 00:37:54.211
That's amazing.
00:37:54.271 --> 00:37:55.293
Yes.
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So we'll have to support that.
00:37:57.213 --> 00:37:58.793
That date again was August thirty first.
00:37:59.315 --> 00:37:59.454
No,
00:37:59.554 --> 00:38:01.014
August thirty first is Monday when I'm
00:38:01.034 --> 00:38:01.936
going to Tennessee.
00:38:02.036 --> 00:38:03.996
This date is October the tenth.
00:38:04.356 --> 00:38:07.097
And I think it's at Lincoln Field and
00:38:07.237 --> 00:38:08.559
Conyers or Covington.
00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:12.400
It's like on the line on your website.
00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:14.041
It's not on the website yet.
00:38:14.081 --> 00:38:15.922
I'm waiting on the drug and alcohol
00:38:16.164 --> 00:38:19.326
council to update me with the flyer so
00:38:19.445 --> 00:38:21.347
I can put that information out on my
00:38:21.387 --> 00:38:21.967
website.
00:38:22.327 --> 00:38:24.670
But stay up with our social media as
00:38:24.730 --> 00:38:25.050
well.
00:38:25.090 --> 00:38:26.931
We do have a Facebook and it's the
00:38:26.952 --> 00:38:29.193
Marquavius Bernard Broughton Foundation.
00:38:29.914 --> 00:38:32.376
And we have a TikTok,
00:38:32.416 --> 00:38:34.677
which is also MBB Foundation.
00:38:35.637 --> 00:38:39.139
ink um but i try to keep everything
00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:41.780
on social media they shut my instagram
00:38:41.800 --> 00:38:43.639
down and said i was selling drugs so
00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:48.360
oh lord four times my nerves them in
00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:51.262
tick tock but but they'll shut you down
00:38:51.282 --> 00:38:52.922
but somebody can have delivered to your
00:38:52.961 --> 00:38:54.943
house in an uber or two book okay
00:38:55.422 --> 00:38:58.403
yeah which started on instagram you could
00:38:58.423 --> 00:39:03.005
be on ig half naked yeah it's okay
00:39:03.025 --> 00:39:03.724
it's just the devil
00:39:05.822 --> 00:39:06.403
She's stupid.
00:39:15.362 --> 00:39:19.204
You can keep up with the Markavius Rotten
00:39:19.244 --> 00:39:23.206
Foundation at mbbfoundation.org.
00:39:23.327 --> 00:39:26.668
And also you can email Frederica at info
00:39:26.809 --> 00:39:29.750
at mbbfoundation.org.
00:39:30.250 --> 00:39:31.090
One last thing.
00:39:31.610 --> 00:39:32.791
I want to give a phone number.
00:39:32.911 --> 00:39:34.452
Anytime they want to reach out to me,
00:39:34.492 --> 00:39:37.074
if you dial one eight four four one
00:39:37.134 --> 00:39:38.974
life, you'll get me.
00:39:39.896 --> 00:39:44.097
One eight four four one life.
00:39:44.724 --> 00:39:46.925
Is that the number one or spelled out?
00:39:47.224 --> 00:39:47.865
Spelled out.
00:39:48.485 --> 00:39:48.885
Okay.
00:39:49.306 --> 00:39:52.108
Yeah, that would make sense, wouldn't it?
00:39:52.148 --> 00:39:54.949
That would make sense.
00:39:54.969 --> 00:39:58.391
You need ten digits.
00:39:58.431 --> 00:40:01.452
One day for one life.
00:40:02.733 --> 00:40:06.096
And you can reach out to Frederica,
00:40:06.576 --> 00:40:08.277
learn more about the foundation,
00:40:08.297 --> 00:40:09.797
learn how to get Narcan,
00:40:11.077 --> 00:40:12.099
learn how to save a life.
00:40:14.228 --> 00:40:14.289
Yes.
00:40:14.449 --> 00:40:15.250
And that life might be your own.
00:40:16.210 --> 00:40:16.610
Yes.
00:40:17.150 --> 00:40:18.311
And I speak anywhere.
00:40:18.371 --> 00:40:19.753
So if you want me to come speak,
00:40:19.833 --> 00:40:21.795
tell the story, train on Narcan,
00:40:22.414 --> 00:40:23.896
I am there.
00:40:24.916 --> 00:40:25.777
I mean, you called me,
00:40:25.898 --> 00:40:27.338
Wanda called me on a Tuesday.
00:40:27.398 --> 00:40:28.079
On Thursday,
00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.721
I was speaking down in middle Georgia.
00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:30.442
I traveled.
00:40:31.163 --> 00:40:33.403
And so I literally,
00:40:33.644 --> 00:40:35.846
I won't stop talking about this because
00:40:36.005 --> 00:40:36.606
like I say,
00:40:36.666 --> 00:40:38.487
this is Quay's heartbeat and we're going
00:40:38.507 --> 00:40:39.068
to be strong.
00:40:40.164 --> 00:40:44.568
Thank you for doing this work in his
00:40:44.648 --> 00:40:45.128
legacy.
00:40:45.188 --> 00:40:45.728
Thank you.
00:40:46.028 --> 00:40:46.590
Thank you.
00:40:47.070 --> 00:40:49.532
To our listeners, as always,
00:40:49.572 --> 00:40:51.333
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Founder & CEO, The Marquavies Bernard Broughton Foundation, Inc.
Frederica Roberson is the Founder and President of The Marquavies Bernard Broughton Foundation, Inc., a Georgia-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to overdose prevention, substance use education, youth empowerment, and supporting individuals and families impacted by addiction.
Her advocacy was born from unimaginable tragedy. On April 1, 2025, Frederica lost her youngest son, Marquavies "Qua" Broughton, to nitazene poisoning. Instead of allowing grief to define her, she transformed her pain into purpose, creating a movement focused on saving lives through education, awareness, prevention, and community partnerships.
Today, Frederica is recognized as a passionate advocate and public speaker, collaborating with law enforcement agencies, healthcare organizations, schools, colleges, universities, recovery programs, public health leaders, and community organizations throughout Georgia. Through her foundation, she has helped distribute hundreds of naloxone kits, provides overdose prevention education, and works to increase awareness of the growing threat posed by fentanyl, nitazenes, and other synthetic drugs.
Professionally, Frederica has more than 26 years of experience in healthcare and currently serves as a Practice Manager. She is also completing her Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, further strengthening her ability to serve individuals and communities affected by substance use and mental health challenges.
Her presentations combine personal testimony, factual education, and a message of hope that inspir… Read More