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Autism advocates urge Glendale to act on underage vaping after local fentanyl‑linked deaths
Summary
Speakers from Sounds of Autism asked Glendale council to strengthen enforcement and raise the sale age for vaping products, citing three fentanyl‑linked deaths of individuals on the autism spectrum and data they say show many underage vapers obtain products from retail sources.
Glendale, Ariz. — During citizens’ comments at the May 27 council meeting, representatives of Sounds of Autism urged the City Council to address underage vaping and to increase enforcement of retail sales, citing three deaths of people on the autism spectrum they said were linked to fentanyl in vaping products.
Cricket Barrientos, founder of Sounds of Autism, said her nonprofit (based in Goodyear) works…
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