Editor’s note: A correction has been made in reference to Heather Bliss’ employer. She is a professor at the University of Kansas, not Kansas State University.
The director of Riley County TK Fights Fentanyl is hoping to draw more attention to the fentanyl crisis. Heather Bliss, a professor at the University of Kansas, spoke during public comment at Tuesday’s Manhattan city commission meeting.
“Between January 2023 and June 2023 there were eight deaths related to fentanyl poisoning in Manhattan alone, over 50 people were arrested in a drug ring that contained fentanyl for those people who died,” she said.
