Fentanyl – in the same chemical family as opium and heroin but manufactured by amateurs in garages or kitchen sinks – is tearing Kern County families apart. Many don’t know what’s happening until their children are dead. Now, families affected are warning others to look for those warning signs and encouraging parents to have these conversations about drugs with their children before it’s too late.
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Fentanyl – in the same chemical family as opium and heroin but manufactured by amateurs in garages or kitchen sinks – is tearing Kern County families apart. Many don’t know what’s happening until their children are dead. Now, families affected are warning others to look for those warning signs and encouraging parents to have these conversations about drugs with their children before it’s too late.
It was Feb. 19, 2020. Katie Coughenour walked into a restroom a few steps down the hall from the front door of Aspire Behavioral Health, her counseling program, and locked the door. She did not walk out. How does an 18-year-old get her hands on counterfeit oxycodone - fentanyl pills? In Katie's case, with that handy little ubiquitous device most of us carry around like extra appendages - the cell phone.
Fentanyl: The Counterfeit Killer
Fentanyl – in the same chemical family as opium and heroin but manufactured by amateurs in garages or kitchen sinks – is tearing Kern County families apart. Many don’t know what’s happening until their children are dead. Now, families affected are warning others to look for those warning signs and encouraging parents to have these conversations about drugs with their children before it’s too late.
