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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article shows how good kids get wrapped up in this.  It may not be the dealer at their school, it may be someone online.  They may buy some multiple pills and some are real (or not dangerous) and some are deadly.  It's like playing with a half loaded gun.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/30/fentanyl-fake-pills-social-media/

"From there, investigators were able to piece together the lethal transaction, which was arranged on Snapchat. The dealer, Virgil Bordner, had sold Zach two, maybe three pills that were supposed to be Percocet. The one that killed him was likely the second one he took."[/quote]

Are they really "good kids" if they're buying drugs illegally? I feel for those and their families whose mistake led to death because the pill was laced with fentanyl....but we have to keep in mind, the kid CHOSE to buy drugs and CHOSE to take them. No one is shoving these pills down their throat at gunpoint.

You have to stop the kids from wanting to do this. No border measure, SRO in the bathroom, is going to solve the problem. [/quote]

[b]Yes they can still be "good kids" who make bad choices. [/b] My comment above (I'm the PP) was more about how this kid did not have any warning signs.  Doing well in school, had friends, had involved parents, had hobbies, etc.  I think many many people posting on this board can relate to that, regardless of race.  His parents had no idea, until he was dead in his bedroom.

Fentanyl kills the casual user, as discussed earlier.   High school kids make mistakes.  Would I be shocked, outraged and upset if my kid was buying a few pills of *whatever* OF COURSE.  But I will not paint this child who died as a bad egg.  That allows people to dodge any sort of actual effort in helping to STOP more kids from getting sick or dying.

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