COMING UP TONIGHT AT 10 ON NBC 5: Parents Pack Carrollton Auditorium After Fentanyl-Laced Pills Kill, Hospitalize Nine Students
“Many of us have found out from the news and through social media about these tragic events that have unfolded,” said a concerned parent.
This week, district families learned three Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD students, between the ages of 13 and 17, died and six more were hospitalized after taking Percocet and oxycontin pills laced with lethal doses of fentanyl. The CDC reported that the synthetic opioid, often produced illegally is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersIn part, Thursday night’s purpose was to educate the community on just how far-reaching the problem is with parents like Christina Pena sharing how their children died.In 2020, she said Angelina thought she was taking oxycontin to manage pain from endometriosis.
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