Several North Texas police and sheriff's departments are holding town hall meetings Tuesday night on the dangers of fentanyl.
Jeri Horton of Plano will be speaking at a town hall Tuesday night hosted by the Wylie Police Department from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at the Collin College Conference Center.
About a week later, Horton says Jessie was celebrating someone’s birthday and took part of a pill, thinking it was oxycontin. At Dallas City Hall, city and county leaders gathered Tuesday afternoon proclaiming Fentanyl Awareness Day in Dallas.“My son did not need to die, and I don’t want any others to die,” said Dallas Doctor Daragh Heitzman.“I’ve worked in emergency rooms, we see every type of drug, but you don’t see your child die from this. It’s totally unexpected,” he said. “My son did not want to die. This was inadvertent and that’s what’s happening to most of these kids.
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