The ISD in Dallas is holding a community meeting educating parents on the dangers of fentanyl.
DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — In response to recent deaths and fentanyl overdoses in North Texas, ISD leaders in Dallas organized a community meeting to discuss this on Tuesday night.
At WT White High School Dallas ISD, parents like Sena Spofford were eager to learn.
“I heard that fentanyl was a problem, but I didn’t know what fentanyl was,” she said.
“I was a trustee when we had the cheese heroin epidemic about 15 years ago and I thought it was important to anticipate this situation,” said Edwin Flores, ISD Dallas trustee.
At Flores’s request, the DEA provided advice to parents about discussing fentanyl with their children.
“When it comes to fentanyl, it really needs to be a very direct conversation about how little it takes to cause an overdose, which is 2mg… that’s just a few grains,” said Dallas Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Eduardo Chavez. .
“I definitely didn’t realize how extremely dangerous it was,” Spofford said. “Like half a tablet, done. This is bad. This is scary.”
The Dallas branch of the DEA says they seized more than 11 million doses of fentanyl last year alone.
Law enforcement arrested three people last month in connection with selling drugs to ISD students at Carrollton-Farmers Branch. At least 10 overdoses and three died.
“In general, we have seen fentanyl mixed with all kinds of illicit drugs,” Chavez said. “From cocaine to methamphetamine and marijuana, edibles, even heroin, in general, counterfeit and counterfeit drugs are the method of choice.”
The DEA reports that 6 out of 10 counterfeit pills now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.
During the meeting, the parents were told that Narcan could save lives. The nasal spray reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.
“Tonight I’m definitely going to talk about what not to do, what to watch out for… and how serious it is,” Spofford said.
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