Oakton high school overdose

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:100% stopping drugs isn't going to happen. But arresting, prosecuting, and jailing the dealers will sure as heck cut down on the drugs.

We just got the email from Michelle Reid, reminds me of an old Richard Pryor line "Now they're calling taking drugs an epidemic - that's because white folks are doing it."

Instead of turning the dealers loose in some sort of play for social justice they need to get the max penalty. Probably Youngkin and Miyares will need to get involved because the Fairfax County crew seems to think that a few chats over the dinner table will solve the problem.

Not going to happen, Descano purposely releasing the dealers out. No-one get prosecuted, they go through court's drug program and back on streets. People voted for this. I am curious if Fosters voted fro Descano.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does Chantilly have a drug problem like Oakton?

There's not a high school in the county that doesn't.

I'm pretty sure Stuyvesant High School in NYC doesn't have this problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does Chantilly have a drug problem like Oakton?

There's not a high school in the county that doesn't.

I'm pretty sure Stuyvesant High School in NYC doesn't have this problem.

TJ doesn't have this problem, at least the bathroom aspect. I have no doubt that pills are being popped in every single high school and college.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How many parents support marijuana legalization?

Where did everyone in my high school in '91 outside of Princeton get their weed?

Also, if you're worried about marijuana that's been spiked legal dispensaries are the answer. Not getting it off the street

That's not the answer bc people will always want to experiment with making drugs stronger and funner. Legal access to marijuana just makes making spiked marijuana easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should make watching that video mandatory in schools. Totally heartbreaking for the family.

The link doesn’t work for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS just sent out this email with a link to this video about fentanyl. It hits hard, and can happen to anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHnrWslrxcA

This was heartbreaking. There are no easy solutions, but the points that the parents made about educating your kids specifically about fentanyl, and thinking about creating a culture where if you know something someone is doing you say something were really good ones. Adolescent minds often just really, really don't know how to weigh risks well and the dangers can come on quick.

This! We need to talk and keep talking to our kids. I cried for these parents and with them. We are in a worrisome timeline and we have to start coming together as a community and a society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should make watching that video mandatory in schools. Totally heartbreaking for the family.

I agree! Make it real for kids and families...because it is real.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS just sent out this email with a link to this video about fentanyl. It hits hard, and can happen to anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHnrWslrxcA

I'm confused on the circumstances of this incident.
The dad said in the video that "Cayden met them on 12/19 which is the first time he took a pill that he thought was a Percocet, and then 6 weeks later he took a pill that killed him that was actually fentanyl. Six weeks is all it took from the first pill to the last pill for him."
My questions are:
1. Was the first pill concealed fentanyl? Or was it a standard fentanyl pill like those which we see in the photos everywhere which their son mistakenly thought it was a Rx painkiller?
2. Did his "friends" who came to his home (who were the drug dealers) convince him to take a pill by saying that all it was it is a Rx painkiller?
3. What happened during the interim period? Did their son have contact with the dealers?

I know the answers to these questions cannot be given by DCUM members but I think it will be important for the community to learn every detail to protect our kids. We should also thank those parents who are making those details public, hopefully the details in the other overdose cases will be made public as well and not hide them in the name of "privacy".

I also hope they catch those drug dealer bastards.

My assumption was that they gave him a Percocet and he got hooked on them, and then either they switched it on him or they went back to school and he had to find another source, so instead of real Percocet, they gave him fentanyl. But that's my assumption, I have no idea what actually happen, but seriously how devastating.

My assumption as well....and honestly I don't have any more questions about this tragedy but I do have a question for all of us...what will we do to make sure other families don't go through this. I'm sure there are many kids on pills. I asked my DC who is a high school athlete if they knew any teammates that take pills to mask their pain from injuries....let's start the conversation
let's get our kids thinking and realizing how big of a deal it is so if they know something they can let a caring adult know-they can keep our kids names anonymous. Maybe it's nothing but maybe it catches a really big something. I'm so sorry for all families who have gone through this. Our kids need us!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does Chantilly have a drug problem like Oakton?

There's not a high school in the county that doesn't.

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privates too?

Where I are up the private school kids were the worst with drugs....they had money!

Let me guess. You attended public school?

No private.

[Anonymous]

Why did he take a Percocet to begin with? That’s the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did he take a Percocet to begin with? That’s the question.

It’s a common thing for kids to experiment with sadly. Maybe he had a few left over from surgery or a friend did or a friend lifted legit prescription percocets from a family member. Then when he wanted more he had to get them from a dealer or another kid who sold him a “Percocet” that was counterfeit and laced with Fentanyl. Problem comes in when no one knows how much fentanyl is in these pills. Could be none, could be a little, could be a lot. But even a little fentanyl is enough to cause an OD in a person who doesn’t have a tolerance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all for real with the bathroom attendant nonsense? What do you think they're going to do, strip search every kid who goes to the bathroom on the off chance a kid has a pill in his/her pocket? Or go in the stall with them to make sure they don't put anything in their mouth behind closed doors?

We had a kid OD at our school a while back in the main hall with tons of people standing around. Word is that his friend slipped him a pill, he put it in his mouth, and collapsed.

+1. I’m one of the HS teachers. I frequently walk into the girls room and have not smelled smoke from vaping once this year. I’m much more concerned with pills than any type of smoking or vaping now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS just sent out this email with a link to this video about fentanyl. It hits hard, and can happen to anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHnrWslrxcA

This was heartbreaking. There are no easy solutions, but the points that the parents made about educating your kids specifically about fentanyl, and thinking about creating a culture where if you know something someone is doing you say something were really good ones. Adolescent minds often just really, really don't know how to weigh risks well and the dangers can come on quick.

This! We need to talk and keep talking to our kids. I cried for these parents and with them. We are in a worrisome timeline and we have to start coming together as a community and a society.

I'm the PP and I couldn't agree more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why did he take a Percocet to begin with? That’s the question.

Really? You *never* tried any drugs to see how they would make you feel?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many parents support marijuana legalization?

Where did everyone in my high school in '91 outside of Princeton get their weed?

Also, if you're worried about marijuana that's been spiked legal dispensaries are the answer. Not getting it off the street

That's not the answer bc people will always want to experiment with making drugs stronger and funner. Legal access to marijuana just makes making spiked marijuana easier.

Legal access does not atop buying from dealers. It becomes all about price.