James Winnefeld Jr.’s Vow to Combat the Opioid Crisis
The retired admiral lost his son to the opioid crisis. His new nonprofit aims to help families struggling with addiction.
On Wednesday, retired Admiral James A. Winnefeld Jr. discussed with the senior editor Ross Andersen one of the most painful experiences a parent can go through: losing a child. Winnefeld spoke about his son Jonathan’s overdose and death from fentanyl-laced heroin, which he wrote about in his article in a year ago. The talk covered Jonathan’s experience with addiction and the nonprofit Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic () that Winnefeld founded in
