Julie Knapp poses for a portrait in her Kalispell home on June 14, holding a photo of Juniper Knapp, her daughter, who accidently overdosed on fentanyl in May. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
June 14, 2023
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Kalispell mother joins Washington, D.C. rally on fentanyl crisis
As an advocacy group, Lost Voices of Fentanyl works to raise awareness and ultimately aims to end fentanyl-related deaths in the country. The rally on Sept. 23 aims to draw attention to the urgency behind the issue and calls for stopping drugs crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Fentanyl stole Juniper Rose Knapp's future; her mother wants to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else
When Juniper Rose Knapp took a pill that she thought was hydrocodone or oxycodone — something her mom thinks she took to help her sleep — she didn’t know it contained a lethal dose of fentanyl. Instead of falling asleep after a fun night at a friend’s house and getting up to meet her family the next day, she went to bed and never woke up.