Trucking joins National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day event

American Trucking Associations

The Trucking Cares Foundation joined Facing Fentanyl and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on the fourth annual National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day to focus attention on the threat posed by the epidemic of illicit, deadly fentanyl.

In the heart of New York City's Times Square, a TCF Fentanyl Awareness trailer on loan from ATA member company Ability Tri Modal was parked behind family members of fatal fentanyl poisoning victims as they shared their stories. DEA Administrator Terry Cole as well as other top government and law enforcement officials expressed their commitment to putting an end to this public health crisis. 

Following the event, the TCF Fentanyl Awareness trailer was positioned outside Grand Central Station for a procession to St. Patrick’s Cathedral. America’s Road Team Captains Sammy Brewster and Teddy Butler of ABF Freight System drove it back to where it is housed in Ladson, South Carolina.

Fentanyl poisoning claims the lives of approximately 70,000 Americans each year, with a fentanyl-related death occurring roughly once every five minutes.