Matt Capelouto’s daughter Alexandra was poisoned by a counterfeit pharmaceutical pill laced with fentanyl in December 2019, a tragedy that spurred his family to become advocates for ending the fentanyl crisis.
Capelouto founded a nonprofit—Stop Drug Homicides—with a goal of preventing other families from experiencing the pain they have endured.
The Temecula, Calif., family is also asking voters to approve Proposition 36, a ballot measure up for consideration in November, which would increase penalties for repeat offenders of some drug and theft crimes and also includes the text of Alexandra’s Law—which would advise those convicted of dealing fentanyl that they could be charged with murder if they distribute the synthetic opioid and someone dies as a result….