The mother of a teenager who overdosed on heroin is sending a letter to President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE in the hope that it will "warm his heart" and encourage him to make good on his promises to combat the national opioid epidemic.

Sud Kruczek, whose son Nick died of a heroin overdose, hopes that her letter will reach the president's desk by Valentine's Day. Mrs. Kruczek told WTNH in Connecticut she hopes the letter will "touch his heart" for American families who have lost love ones to addiction, and inspire others to do the same.

"Wouldn't it be great if we could flood the president's desk with all our beautiful children’s faces and pictures and send a message?" she said.

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Her son was a starting player on his varsity hockey team his freshman year. He became addicted after an upperclassmen offered him a pill before his first ever high school game, she said. Nick lost the battle to his addiction five years later.

Trump extended his declaration of the opioid crisis as an epidemic in the new year, but critics have said the administration is not doing enough.

Currently the administration is relying on Congress to provide the "necessary resources" to fight the crisis "now and in the future."