NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia mother who lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning is urging Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s new administration to prioritize fentanyl awareness and enforcement as the state continues battling the ongoing drug crisis.
Lisa Reed’s 23-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, died of fentanyl poisoning five years ago in Newport News. Kaitlyn was battling depression and took what she believed was an antidepressant, but it was actually fentanyl.
“I just never would’ve thought in a million years that I would have buried a child,” Reed said…