After losing her grandson to fentanyl poisoning in 2021, Martha Johnson has made a habit of asking young people if they know about the deadly drug.
“That’s what I feel right now, that when I see a teenager or young adult, I need to tell them,” Johnson said. The young people who have been poisoned by fentanyl, “they didn’t want to die.”
Johnson and her husband, Lane Johnson, traveled about 180 miles from their home just outside San Antonio to attend the Take Our Border Back Convoy rally in Quemado, Texas, on Saturday. Standing in the crowd of several hundred, the Johnsons held a sign with their grandson’s picture on it, the words “Forever 25” and “KILLED BY FENTANYL” written below a photo of the young man. The rally marked the end of a five-day trucker convoy from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Texas in support of border security.
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