Fentanyl killed 24-year-old Jesse Kolb two years ago, and 18 months later 27-year-old Adam Watson overdosed on the same drug.

Their mothers, Arlene Last-Kolb and Christine Dobbs, are banding together to prevent similar tragedies.

“My son went out that day and he didn't come home, and we'll never get used to that, and we'll never get over it,” Last-Kolb said.

The grieving mothers organized a rally at the Manitoba Legislature to expose the dangers of fentanyl and its wide use.

The said they have never heard of fentanyl until it was too late.

"We as parents we're naive to what's going on in terms of the drugs,” Dobbs said.

Fentanyl related deaths are on the rise and the mothers want more supports in place to help people fighting addictions.

In January, the province launched a task force to combat the problem, including an awareness campaign and a pilot project with the Street Connections outreach program.

The organization hands out kits with naloxone to drug users, which can reverse effects of an overdose if given in time.

Since the beginning of 2016, more than 100 of the Naloxone kits have been distributed.

However, Shelley Marshall, a nurse with Street Connections, said even more kits should be handed out.

“It's easier probably right now to access the opioid drugs than it is to access the life-saving antidote,” Marshall said.

The health department said a working group is eyeing options for a provincial distribution plan.

Last-Kolb said she believes naloxone would have saved her son's life.

"In a case where people are sitting around doing drugs, that is even more important that a kit be there,” she said.

Street Connections said eight overdoses were reversed during the pilot project, and the province said in that time, 250 people were trained on how to safely administer the antidote.

On Wednesday Health Canada said it’s moving to restrict the six chemicals used to make Fentanyl in an effort to curb production.