Dilbert creator Scott Adams shares heartbreaking news of stepson's death from Fentanyl overdose

Adams became emotional as he shared with his listeners how he would be talking about Fentanyl on Periscope.
PUBLISHED OCT 2, 2018

61-year-old cartoonist Scott Adams shared a very sad piece of news with his listeners on his podcast. The creator of the satirical comics Dilbert while wishing his listeners a good day, shared why his wasn't. He revealed he was mourning the death of his 18-year-old stepson who he lost to Fentanyl overdose. Adams became emotional as shared with his listeners how he would be talking about Fentanyl on Periscope. "There is a very small margin between killing your pain and killing a person," he began. He said 72,000 people died of drug overdoses in the US last year and Fentanyl was the leading cause of these deaths.

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