ABC Channel 10 - May 12, 2022

CBS Channel 13 - May 12, 2022

The Epoch Times - May 13, 2022

“California families who lost loved ones to fentanyl-laced drugs press lawmakers to act”

“Mothers Against Drug Deaths rallied on May 12 at the state Capitol building in Sacramento, demanding that California Gov. Gavin Newsom do more to solve the state’s ‘out-of-control’ fentanyl epidemic.

“The group of mothers unveiled a new billboard advertising campaign at a press conference. The new billboard depicts a ‘tent city drug scene’ as a campground with a national forest sign that reads: ‘Welcome to Camp Fentanyl, Open to Kids Everywhere,’ and ‘Governor Newsom, shut down open-air drug markets now.’”

Los Angeles Times - May 20, 2022

“California families who lost loved ones to fentanyl-laced drugs press lawmakers to act”

“One critic of California’s progressive policies is Jacqui Berlinn, a legal processing clerk in the East Bay who started Mothers Against Drug Deaths — a name she chose as an homage to the achievements of Mothers Against Drunk Driving founder Candace Lightner, a Fair Oaks homemaker whose 13-year-old daughter was killed in 1980 by a driver under the influence.”

I Heart Radio — 5/26/22

The John and Ken Hour

UK Daily Mail — 5/26/22

'Biden administration is promoting drug addiction': Tucker Carlson slams policy to hand out free crack pipes and needles warning it 'will result in addicts shooting up on the streets'

SF Chronicle — April 2, 2022

“A billboard going up in Union Square slams S.F.’s ‘open-air drug markets.’ It’s placed there by families with children addicted to fentanyl”

“Families with children struggling with addiction or lost to overdoses are putting up a colorful billboard in San Francisco’s Union Square shopping district Monday calling attention to the city’s ‘dirt cheap fentanyl’ and arguing the officials should “close down open-air drug markets.”

ABC News - April 4, 2022

“SF billboard calling out open drug use could expand to Europe if city doesn't see change”

“SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently traveled to Europe to pitch San Francisco to tourists. But the trip didn't sit well with a group of Bay Area mothers, who have responded with a different pitch to potential visitors: just stay home.

“The group, called ‘Moms Against Drug Deaths,’ spent $25,000 on a new billboard in Union Square that reads: ‘Famous for the world over for our brains, beauty and now dirt-cheap fentanyl.’”

SFIST — April 2, 2022

“Mothers Against Drug Deaths to Install Billboard in Union Square Monday Calling Out SF's Fentanyl Crisis”

“At least 98 deaths related to drug overdoses have already been confirmed this year in San Francisco — with at least 40% of those linked to fentanyl consumption. Starting Monday, Mothers Against Drug Deaths will have a billboard downtown that brings attention to the city’s overdose and drug sales crisis.’”

San Francisco Chronicle - February 5, 2022

“At S.F.’s new linkage center, debate intensifies over how best to help drug users”

“On Saturday morning, six women stood together in front of San Francisco’s Tenderloin Linkage Center near the United Nations Plaza at Civic Center, holding a chain and posters plastered with pictures of young adults.

“‘We are here because we love the linkage center, and the linkage center needs to be a part of San Francisco,’ said Michelle Leopold, one of the organizers of the small protest with Mothers Against Drug Deaths. There’s just one problem, they said — they don’t want drug use to be allowed inside the center.”

NBC 12 Bay Area - February 5, 2022

“Drug Use Protested at New Linkage Center In San Francisco”

ABC 7 - February 8, 2022

“Mothers protest 'open drug use' at SF Linkage Center, say safe space makes addiction worse”

KQED - February 6, 2022

“'What's the End Goal?': Mothers Protest Drug Use at the Tenderloin Linkage Center”

“A group of five mothers staged a protest on Saturday outside the Tenderloin Linkage Center to call for an end to drug use at the site. The center was set up as part of San Francisco Mayor London Breed's emergency declaration to address a rise in drug overdoses. The site is meant to help connect people to drug treatment, housing and other services.”

Kron 4 - February 4, 2022

“Mothers protest San Francisco’s new Linkage Center allowing drug use”

“SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — A group of Bay Area mothers whose children suffer from drug addiction is alarmed that San Francisco’s new Linkage Center allows people to openly use drugs.

Mothers Against Drug Deaths will protest outside the center at 8 a.m. Saturday to demand that city officials shut down an area of the center where supervised drug use is taking place. 

“It’s like having an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in an open bar,” said mother Michelle Leopold.”