The face of drug use in America is changing. Fentanyl, a highly addictive opioid, is making its way into the bedrooms of | dG1fREk3WFNaSHUxZE0
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00:10 Recent overdoses are shining a spotlight on the trouble with opioids in the Central Valley,
00:15 especially among teenagers.
00:17 And these days, fentanyl is front and center.
00:20 The reason why a lot of people haven't heard of it is because it's not typically prescribed as a pill.
00:26 These aren't being produced in United States laboratories.
00:29 They're coming in from all over the world, predominantly our southern border through Mexico.
00:33 It only takes one time. It's not something that you ever want to try, ever.
00:39 And it's like playing Russian roulette. You don't know what you're getting. Good luck.
00:44 911, state your emergency.
00:46 Got two people that are, looks like they're OD'd.
00:50 I don't know what happened to my son's dad.
00:53 Not one, but two kids that were foaming at the mouth, gray, purple, completely unresponsive.
01:00 I thought he was cleaning up. I thought he was getting better.
01:03 I trusted him, and I shouldn't have.
01:05 You don't even have to meet your drug dealer anymore.
01:07 You can purchase these drugs through social media, and you can actually pay through apps.
01:11 And every parent will tell you, "God, I wish I would have known about this."
01:14 How do you not know about this?
01:17 Fentanyl pills don't care about what color your skin is, how much money you make, where you live.
01:23 It's an equal opportunity destructor, in a sense.
01:26 This isn't just another drug.
01:30 You're not just going to wake up with a sick-to-your-stomach feeling or a hangover.
01:35 You're not going to wake up. That's the difference.
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