Approximately 80 invited guests sipped cocktails and savored a three-course dinner at Wally’s Desert Turtle in Rancho Mirage while listening to some very heartbreaking stories about fentanyl use.
The event was Mothers Against Prescription Drug Abuse’s (MAPDA) 2024 west coast Humanitarian Awards, held April 25.
MAPDA was founded by Janet Janes and The Honorable Mary Bono. Janes lost her 19-year-old son, Christopher, to an accidental overdose of methadone, and Bono is widely recognized as a national leader on addiction prevention, treatment and recovery.