Families in one North Texas community are on edge after three kids die and six others have been hospitalized from fentanyl poisoning since September.
The Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD says it's taking proactive steps to combat the problem, including holding drug awareness presentations at its secondary campuses and implementing random canine searches in schools.
Sherien Joyner, who has a son in the second grade, says schools should also develop presentations for elementary school kids. She says it's never too early to warn kids of the dangers of drugs, since the kids dealers are targeting are getting younger and younger.
The school district also says it obtained Narcan for all of its facilities.
DEA agents recently raided a house in Carrollton and arrested two suspects identified 21-year-old Luis Navarrete and 29-year-old Magaly Mejia Cano, accusing them of dealing in counterfit pills laced with fentanyl.
DEA Special Agent in Charge Eduardo Chavez said the DEA knew the distribution of fentanyl was increasing in North Texas, and agents have worked aggressively to get the incredibly lethal drug off the streets, according to a report NBCDFW.
“Two milligrams is considered a lethal dose. Two milligrams can fit on the tip of a pencil,” Chavez said. “There’s no such thing as experimentation with these pills.”
The U..S Attorney for the Northern District of Texas called the couple’s actions “despicable.” Both appeared in federal court Monday.
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