US_ Illicit Fentanyl Acutely Impacts California Children, Say Parents, Experts

THE EPOCH TIMES

Illicit Fentanyl Acutely Impacts California Children, Say Parents, Experts

“It’s an epidemic,” said Rhonda Manning, the mother of fentanyl victim Major Manning.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) found that six out of 10 illicit pills contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. A lethal dose is 2 mg., approximately the amount on the tip of this pencil. Courtesy of DEA

By Summer Lane
8/25/2024 Updated: 8/27/2024


Major Manning of Mountain House, California, was just 17 when he took a single Percocet pain pill—but he didn’t know it was laced with the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl.

The drug ultimately took his life in 2023, and what happened to him is becoming increasingly commonplace in California.

In July, a 22-year-old Los Angeles woman, Jestice James, was charged with two counts of murder related to the deaths of her twin 3-year-old sons who died from alleged exposure to fentanyl in the home, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

The same month, parents Austin and Carla Veltri of Apple Valley, California, were arrested after allegedly exposing their infant daughter to fentanyl, which resulted in her hospitalization.

Nationwide, fentanyl is the most lethal drug in the history of the United States. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the synthetic opioid killed almost 38,000 Americans in the first six months of 2023. In 2022, nearly 22 high school-aged students died every week in the United States from drug overdoses, largely stemming from counterfeit drugs laced with fentanyl, per UCLA Health.

“It’s an epidemic,” said Rhonda Manning, mother of fentanyl victim Major Manning.

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