Addiction has no face, no gender, no race, no age, no class, no mercy!!!! I’m glad I got a hold of my addiction. I just celebrated 3 and half years sober!!! But not everyone is so lucky! RIP.
As a kid, I did competitive cheerleading with Kendall. Absolutely breaks my heart, she was such a lively, loving soul. Much love to her family & close friends
@gen. hos Don’t be so quick to judge. Not all people who do drugs are drug addicts, some just like Kendall, are just kids, trying new things, and hanging out with the wrong crowd! I was one of those kids myself, but back when I was that age things were different.
@gen. hos I suggest you do some research. We are in an unprecedented epidemic of poisonous fentanyl. First, it was substance users, then young kids getting things off snap chat. Don’t be so quick to be judgy because you may very well be affected by this drug. Either a friend or a loved one. Who knows where it will be next. It could be on your local salad bar
@gen. hos it’s not just snap chat this shit is coming in on. Just a matter of time before someone drops it in the water supply. This should be everyone’s concern. Don’t blame the parents because I know many great parents whose children have died from this including myself. It’s the “times in which we live”. FDA opened the door for opioids and thereby opened pandoras box
@gen. hos I detect a lot of hostility about this subject instead of compassion and understanding which is what the world needs more of. My son passed of an overdose but I can say he was a compassionate human being and for that I am proud. These are kids that are dying. Kids do stupid things. Surely you understand that. They should t die of poison that is coming from Chinese cartels. This is much bigger than you even know. I realize that you are a person set in their ways and cannot fathom that maybe this is more than black and white
Everyday I am sad and depressed seeing what is happening in all four corners of our beloved country. Make no mistake, this stuff comes from the same place as the super flu came from. Its all out assault. Sorry for your loss, I dont think annything can make up for that, just remember : we are just passing through in this sick world.
@@BartBasquiato bull. These are the SAME people killing guys by using a Nutri bullet to crush pills, where whatever in it isn't mixed even. Blenders aren't for dry items to begin with
best thing my mom ever taught me was not to be a follower. It's always the friends that get you into these types of things. Think for yourself and think about the future.
sometimes it's the Adventure /experience that people are seeking not so much following. Sorta like SkyDiving, they know the risk in the beginning but they still take the leap
I’m so sorry for your loss. That was your baby girl. I lost my younger brother this February on his 23 bday to fentanyl laced pill as well. Worst day of my life. I miss him everyday 💔
We lost a friend from high school amazing musician. Beto Banda. Sorry for your loss. China and the Cartel working hand in hand with a wide open border.
Addiction is a fuckin monster and in so sorry that you lost your daughter my condolences to you and your family that lost your daughter to the addiction monster please heal and try to leave for your kid please keep carrying on for me for you and for your family.
Okay this is something I need to get out there and off my chest as someone who has lost 2 people I knew to fentanyl overdoses. It is not an addiction thing. It is not the type of "overdose" situation that is stereotyped or shown in media. This is affecting those who are naive to drug taking or unaware of the dangers it could bring. Often times these kids are taking it as a "one night" thing or believe it's some type of xanax or other relaxant. It's about blinded trust, and putting trust in people or situations because you are young and don't think it will happen to you. Often times the friends or people supplying these drugs don't even know they are laced by the manufacturers, and the smallest amount of fentanyl can kill you when laced in a type of pill or equivalent. Please, if you are reading this, don't take something you aren't 100% sure is safe. Better yet, don't take pills or other drugs at all. You will save your own precious life and your loved ones from a horrible, unimaginable heartache. I don't mean to scare you, but please.
I lost my 21yr old son 4.22.22. You are so correct! People hear over dose and they think he was some kind of a junkie. My son bought what he thought was an Oxy but it was pressed Fentynal! We are loosing an entire generation to this crisis. My son didn't over dose, my son was poisoned! And 2 arrests were made charging them with 2nd degree murder. People need to know that this can and will happen to ANYONE!
I think kids think if other kids are taking it, then it can't be that bad, and that can lead to addiction, and possible death. Kids think just taking it once is harmless - WRONG!
Unless you buy from Walmart or Costco or get from the pharmacy from a prescription written by your doctor don't take it one pill can kill why risk it go in the ocean with a cut on your finger and see if you can call a shark that's more likely to get some action if that's what your looking for
My last dentist "fired" me as a patient because I refused to use opioid pills she prescribed for me. I let it be known on social media and she soon asked if I wanted to be her patient again and I politely said no I don't wish to be poisoned. A couple days of taking Aleve gel tablets was all that was needed.
That's wonderful for you but doctor prescribed opioid medication is not poison. These kids did not get high on prescribed medication taken as prescribed by their medical provider. I'm a chronic pain patient who fight this stigma of opioid use daily because of people like you who choose to be ignorant about addiction.
@@nikkibb1998 Sorry Nicole but that argument on stigma won't hold. There were 100,000 dead in the US due to opioid and fentanyl overdoses in the past year. Doctors get cash kickbacks from drug companies and I'm not chancing getting addicted so doctors can keep getting rich.
I don't know why medical professionals think that opioid pain killers are so much better than painkillers like Aleve. After my C-section I was in excruciating pain. The nurse then told me she was giving me "the good stuff" (wink wink), which was some kind of opioid. It did very little and the pain continued. The next day they put me on some generic version of Aleve, and finally I got some relief. Maybe it has something to do with body chemistry - why some people find opioids so powerful and irresistible.
@@muffs55mercury61 the people dying are not taking actual fentanyl it is synthetic counterfeit. That is the problem and they are masking it as other drugs like perc Oxy. It is never real fentanyl 😂😂 the one from the pharmacy is completely different
My friend's son died from fentanyl on 4/20 given to him by some strange friends. He too was a good kid all of his life and became friends with someone who dared him to take 2, he did! So sad about these young adults thinking it's cool to get high! Peace and love to all the families who have lost a child🦋
@@cherylspencer3662 agreed! He totally missed the point and didn't read my reply very well. Some kids succumb to peer pressure, even more now but that doesn't mean they're bad kids nor addicts, they're just easily influenced and if they know about fentanyl and how potent and dangerous it is, just maybe they wouldn't give in to the dare or to indulge just to be accepted. My friend's son was not an addict, verified by the coroner! Many of us are blessed that our own children didn't succumb to peer pressure. Some people just like to be mean spirited instead of rebutting logically and respectfully. Thank you for understanding my point.
i’m so sorry for their loss, but this reason is exactly why i had to turn my life around. i’m barely 15 and nearly died in the backseat of a car. i had took a perc and went to sleep, woke up forgetting i had already popped one. then i took a xanax, we left to the northside and all i could feel was my hearing being so faint like it was fading, my chest was hurting so immensely. i kept gasping for air, then i started sweating,wheezing, choked on my own saliva, rolled to my side and started vomiting. i thank the lord everyday that he has let me live. never will i go back to pills. my body is already demolished by the few i have done. i can’t gain weight, going up my school stairs overwhelms me and i get tired so easily. i only did them for a few months but my body has taken the toll in the long run. i praise the lord for letting me experience near death, because that’s what it took to get me to stop. if i hadn’t done them, i don’t know if i would still be trapped in them. may this young lady finally rest in peace.
Amazing to have this sort of insight at such a young age. Bless you and know you are one of the few very lucky ones. Don’t take a pill that’s not prescribed for you ever again. You were given a second chance at life. Well done sweetheart 👍🙏🕊💜
You can't blame the parents for this one. My mom was strict with me at home, so I hung out with the wrong crowd to cheer myself up. I'm convinced there are no easy answers. Satan is always crouching at the door.
@@TheFracturedfuture You don't know what he meant with this word, could be a metaphore, stop being so egoistical about you interpretation of reality that you are puting your meaning in ONE word in a coment about complexity of addiction.
@@TheFracturedfuture obviously. Your nasty attitude means Satan already got to you. The biggest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesnt exist. You dont blame Satan for "making" you do it. Satan is likexthe dealer, he has the goods but everyone is still personally accountable. God gave humans free will the Devil cannot force his will on any of us.
Did you miss the part where she said they think she was on them for about a year? How can a parent that’s “involved” not notice her daughter high on opiates? They definitely have some fault in her death.
@@maggie9089 still doesn’t mean it’s someone else’s fault. She shouldn’t have been taking pills to begin with. They just don’t want to admit their daughter had a problem and it’s her own fault that she overdosed
It's never another person's fault for the actions of the person that put the pill in their mouth. She was doing it for a year, how was it the other girls fault??? Believe me, I know. I was addicted for 4 Years and spent the better half of 200k on opiates and died twice because I wanted to. My parents at no time said let's try to ruin another life because my son fucked up. Get over yourselves and understand that this addiction affects anyone from homeless to doctors. BLAME THE USER
I’m so shocked to see this !!!!! Craziest part I knew both of them… my cousin was dating Kendal best friend. I would visit them at UCSD for the weekend and that’s how I met Kendall. Kendal was nice, goofy and sweet. And it is true about the problem she had… it was going on for a year..Kendal would visit UCSD and there was always drugs. Out of everyone there (20 people) she looked like a little 14 year old. I’m pretty sure her “best friend “ introduced her to everything and it bothered me to see a little girl at the parties she really he no business at. Unless she lied to her parents about going somewhere else, she always was at UCSD partying. I don’t understand how they couldn’t of known :/
@@chrissanchez333 it's truly sad the amount of deaths occurring from fentynal, I just hate when family's want to ruin someone else's life for what their child did. I mean, did that help them mourn the loss? It seems to me to just be retaliatory, I mean she had to have bought drugs hundreds of times from other people, should they all be in jail too? Usually someone goes and picks up pills from their dealer for multiple people or friends. I'm sure she got other people pills numerous times from her dealer, it's just how the drug scene works. I just like people owning what they or their loved ones did and not instantly blame others.
@@stevepoulson5867 your 100% right! It’s not fair for someone to specifically pay the consequences when that other person have been getting it from a bunch of other people. It’s messed up.. nobody forces anyone to do anything if they don’t want to.. they made the choice to consume it. There shouldn’t be anyone to blame but the user .
I think it's completely understandable that the mom is upset that the other mom never gave her a heads-up that "Hey, my daughter's had some problems with drug use. Just thought you should know since your daughter spends a lot of time with her and could be at risk too." Some hint could have made all the difference in the world. And the two moms knew each other fairly well too so Kendall's mom apparentally felt a false sense of security with her daughter hanging out with this daughter of a family friend. Sure it's true that whoever takes an illegal drug or a drug not prescribed specifically for herself bears the ultimate responsibility. But not sole responsibility. If this so-called friend had never introduce her to drugs - probably normalizing them to her - and procured them for her, she wouldn't have taken the drug that killed her. Maybe she'd have ended up taking drugs provided by someone else some other time...who knows. This so-called friend absolutely deserves to be held partially responsible for Kendall's death. Not entirely, but definitely partially. Congratulations to you for getting off drugs.
Sadly, most people place the blame everywhere but on their children. It was a poor choice on the part of all of the kids. No other child’s life should be ruined by placing blame on their friends. So sad.
Those "friends" gave that girl pills laced with fentanyl and she took it not knowing they were laced!! How is this not their fault?! Its the same thing as poisoning someone.
@@am7884 Yes, but we are taught since elementary school tos ay no to drugs, so the girl is at fault for making a dumb choice, but as you mentioned, the adults are at fault as well. They had no business influencing a minor.
Their daughter never meant to overdose and die. The addiction monster lied to her. It took ahold of her brain, then told her "one more pill, keep making me feel good, it's okay". 🙏
When it comes to fentanyl overdoses it is not even necessarily about addiction. Theyre putting fent in everything so even if a kid is peer pressured into taking one xanax or one percocet they could have some bad luck and it be laced with a lethal dose of fent. A teen can have a minor habit or just dabble in weak drugs but then get sold a pressed pill. And the fakes these days are looking more and more real. For whatever reason "perc 30s" have been the trend for a few years now. With the name Perc 30 you would think it is the prescription narcotic percocet when in reality it is just the street name for a fent pressed pill. There is no such thing as a "30mg Percocet"
@@malcriadamedina5358 as an ex opioid addict, yes they do! Why do you think it exists in the first place? Its not commonly prescribed unless a person has SEVERE pain, from things such as cancer, or for patients post surgery (I mean a severe and very invasive surgery) but yes it can be prescribed to patients that's what it was created for - I remember kids chewing on and smoking fentaynl patches when I was in highschool... but it's just like any other drug it can be prescribed but NOW due to the opioid crisis in the u.s. they are VERY strict about controlling it, when they should have been strict about it 15years ago... most of the times it's manufactured and sold on the streets illegally and mixed in with other street drugs because its cheaper, (thats how people are dying from it because they'll think they're getting a bag of Hero*n or Coca*ne or even counterfit pain pills and it'll have a lethal dose of fentaynl mixed in with it and not realizing what they're taking - which is what the OP is saying- that this young girl probably has a problem with some other drugs like pain killers or hero*n and didn't realize she was taking a lethal dose that's how MOST od's are happening in recent years)... but yes it is still possible to get a prescription for it, but someone has to basically be dying of cancer or had a body part amputated to receive it these days and most of the time it'll be given to someone who's under regular medical supervision.
i lost my older brother 3 years ago to it, i hope you can grow through it. i love you and your family i hope you can look at him during the good times not only the bad
I feel terrible for these parents. But as someone in long term recovery who started using in my late teens and needed a lot of support from my mom… I can see why her mother didn’t want to go around telling everyone about her daughters drug use. That’s private. She very well could of thought she wasn’t using at that time. And going around telling everyone her daughter struggles with drugs would just isolate her.
@@bobbyd224 No age limit for addiction or for being irresponsible. You have an income, at least through your wife, so with just that support, put on your big boy pants and break your addiction. If you love her, why put her through your sh*t. Addicted teens are one thing. Addicted middle-age adults are pathetic. Pedophiles are addicted to their sick habit, but everyone expects them to be able to stop cold, yet drug addicts get pass after pass after pass and much sympathy.
I agree and I am pretty sure the experience of seeing a friend die and also being charged with accessory to her death, will likely have a life-changing effect. I understand how the parents of the girl who died, do not think that justice was served, but like you said, unless the girl was forcing her to take the drugs, they likely were both consenting and just made poor choices. I made a lot of poor choices when I was younger. I was just lucky that I did not end up dead or in jail. For most, you get wiser as you age and you realize how stupid some of the things you did were and if things went wrong how bad the consequences of your actions would have been. At least I certainly do.
My question is would the parents have listened if they were told? A lot of parents want to bury their heads in the sand and wish it away. Not all parents, but some just pretend it doesn’t exist or their kids could never do such a thing. I’d drug test my kid myself. You can’t know for sure unless you test them to be safe and get them help. Sorry this ended this way for her. ❤️
I think we did hide our heads in the sand for a hot minute when we found out our son was addicted to heroin. We were so dumbfounded that looking back on it I think we were in shock. No one in my family or my husbands had ever done heroin or something so addicting. Even relatives said he will grow out of it. Of course, by then I had done tons of research and began to understand just how Evil this drug is. Once addicted, the user literally cannot control their compulsion to use. I guarantee it s beyond what I ever believed was possible. It turns the person into a zombie seeking human. That is why people neglect their children, run out of Walmart with a TV, collapsed veins, limbs amputated… it’s horrible. Plus the parents live everyday trying to change a person that physically cannot change because the drugs have hijacked our brain. It is a nightmare! It is a very difficult and complicated disease to explain and understand. Believe me I thought addicts were losers till it happened to my son who was far from that. It’s sad, but I think if it were just heroin and not fentanyl, he might be alive today. Fentanyl is a game changer. We should be going into Mexico and destroying labs. Also, we need to hold China accountable for shipping it into Mexico. The govt won’t do anything so it’s the mothers/fathers/wife’s/siblings who are now banding together to spread awareness even at the risk of ridicule because they want no other parent to experience this horrific drug
The parents are in denial about not knowing their daughter was under the influence. They were disengaged and are now blaming the other family for their own neglect. Opioids have significant symptoms that they ignored. Addiction is a family illness. The whole family was swept into denial.
She wasn't addicted or doing opioids regularly....? Why do you people keep bringing up addiction.. That has nothing to do with randomly experimenting with recreational drugs which turn out to be fentanyl instead of the real thing.
@@Ryan88881 yes she was, you obviously didn’t listen to the mother who reported the daughter had been using regularly for the past year before she died. Addiction is a family disease and the players often experience denial simultaneously as a way to protect the family unit stabilization
@@5thdimension625 She had been experimenting with drugs obviously which teenagers fucking do you dummy. She's not "addicted" to pills which obviously kill you before you can even get addicted to them. Use your brain. I watched the story twice and there was NOTHING to suggest or even hint that she was addicted or even had a habit. It's called recreational use; casual drug experimentation. Grow the fuck up and/or read a book.
I disagree with this grieving mom when at the very end she states that her loss "is not like a parent not like a spouse, a child cannot be replaced" A really cruel thing to say to someone who has lost a husband. Sorry honey but just like your daughter my husband cannot be replaced!!! Do you really think that after losing a husband I can just go out & get another one as a "replacement"? What about young kids left who will never ever have their father in their lives? Sorry but All LOSES are very difficult to overcome & Grief sucks!!
Parent like this are not at all involved with their children's lives like they think are! These are always the very parents that are oblivious to what their children are doing. It's always about how you show them others can influence their mind!
Thank you, I was waiting to hear this. That explains many of the mysterious questions - like why so many parents and those around them “didn’t see the signs” or “had no idea” they were struggling.
I take offense at this…my son was in college and became addicted to Xanax and then heroin. It’s this backward attitude that prevents people from understanding this disease. You can’t monitor your over 18 kid all the time. My son was in the gifted program, AP classes, a life guard, Eagle Scout and was in his junior year of college at a very highly rated Midwestern engineering school. So we did “our job”. The point is kids will do what they want. Maybe you are lucky and don’t have curious kids like my son. My daughter does no drugs at all and just graduated college a week ago. I hope you don’t have children because you seem like you think nothing bad could ever happen to them. That they wouldn’t make a mistake. Well, kids brains aren’t formed until they are 25. They are going to do stupid stuff and hide it from you duh. Do some research, we are in an epidemic! Started with the opioids and now it is fentanyl. Get off your high horse give these parents credit for sounding the alarm. You live in the past there is no perfect world!🥸
@@bubbybets9336 how is it silly? A parent that’s involved like they say they were would have noticed their daughter high on opiates especially if they think it was going in for a year..
Unfortunately, I don't think there was anything anyone could have done to save the girl, except to have Narcan on hand. I think we should arm teens with knowledge and narcan instead of asking people to talk behind people's backs and submitting teens to random drug tests. Kids who make dumb choices like this often have serious underlying issues. Teens with strong support systems and education don't go down this path. It all comes back to being able to trust authority. Teens love to test boundaries, but no healthy teenager wants to die or risk harming themselves. An educated teen with a narcan kit can save a life at a party if someone overdoses.
This is a tragedy, but giving your kid drug tests isn’t a way to make them trust you more or make them want to come to you if they did have a problem. you have to let your kid make mistakes and learn from them or they’ll never be able to handle adult hood.
How could you have prevented this then? Parents dont know what is going on behind doors, when they leave their house and hang out with their friends they never know. You have to make certain rules where u know all your child friends and it gives u certainty for it to be okay to hang out with them. Be involved with childs life. This is tragic!
@@bishopmaster1706 there are less intrusive ways to make sure your kids are ok. Drug testing your kids without solid proof they do drugs can cause MAJOR distrust and boundary issues. My parents gave me freedom, but I knew if I screwed up that could be gone. However, I also knew that if I messed up, my parents would always be there for me and would get me help if I needed it. I have trust and respect for my parents because they have respect and trust for me. A lot of my friends who had helicopter parents didn’t know how to control themselves when they got freedom because their parents didn’t let them do anything. No matter what a parent does sometimes, kids are going to make stupid decisions that can have bad consequences. Trying to protect your kids from the world too much can be just as bad as letting them do whatever. Every kid is different too.
@@meganb735 What would be the less intrusive way to make sure you kid is okay? I believe it has a lot to do with society as well, the kids the kid hangs out with. You have to raise your child a certain way from the start so they dont hang around kids that do drugs. If your not involved in your child's life and take whatever action to make sure your child stays away from these behaviors than what are you doing as a parent. Easier said than done. However, i believe its tough in a society where drugs etc are common. You just gotta make sure your child is away from these kind of things and knows the goods and the bad. You can not force anything. If you show them the good and the bad, and involved in your child, and they still choose a wrong route; then i believe you've done your job as a parent and should not blame yourself. It would just suck if you talked to your child with humble and kindness and tried to encourage them and they still wanna bad choices. That's fortune, you may or may not always be fortunate in life.
No way. If you as a parent have no clue you can’t help them. Now if she’s over 18 not much you can do. Damn straight you should drug test if she’s a minor.
Admit to the fact that their daughter was an addict. Their daughter knew exactly what she was doing when she was taking drugs. Stop blaming others for your daughter actions.
This is sad a young life lost to a terrible drug fentayl and the person who sells these drugs get off with a slap on the wrist. My niece died of this drug 2 years ago and I pray for this family
drugs are way to publicized like a good thing. MTV should be heal accountable. in the 90s i grew up watching their spring break shows and at 21 wanted to just party. hold corporations accountable
Feytynal was just coming around like 7 years ago when I was trying to get clean shit killed me my firs ttime I od so much on it I'm so lucky to be alive . This shit is even stronger than then sooooo scary RIP kendall
Why is the answer ‘test your kid’s hair.’ & not speak without judgement to your kid to find out how they really are as a person, watch for small personality changes, secretive behavior or try to supervise their interactions with friends more?
This was so hard to watch. I was so protective of my daughter growing up and we fought but I am glad I was so protective. She grew up no alcohol, no drugs and no cigarettes or tattoos. Plus 3 beautiful grandchildren later, God is good. My heart goes out to this family.
Everyone is different. I grew up in a toxic environment with an alcoholic father, domestic violence and my family with mental illness. I don’t drink, do drugs or smoke cigarettes. This can happen to anyone. People have free will and will make their own decisions.
Most kids try drugs its impossible for this stuff to not happen nowadays but this fentanyl crisis is so fucked up. I 100% agree with the push for people to stay away from all opiates and drugs in general but kids are always going to try smoking weed or stuff like mushrooms in high school but it sucks that kids cant mess up without risking their life nowadays its so messed up how they lace these things knowing damn well people are going to die. Its been going on for a while now but its gotten so bad with the fentanyl.
Being more blunt with our kids. Show them these stories, show them the photos of people passed out, with vomit on their clothes. Show them the videos at school. Red ribbon week is not enough show them some brutal shit they won't forget
Right. I was thinking "how do you not know your daughter well enough to know that something is wrong?" seriously... it baffles me how some parents claim to "be there all the time." Clearly you were not paying enough attention.
i wasnt doing drugs but im sure glad my mom SNOOPED IN MY ROOM, READ MY DIARY AND WAS ALL UP IN MY BIZ. But #1 I was not STUPID and i did not do any drugs to even overdose.
A single hair isn't going to be enough for a hair drug test, and you can't use hair collected from a brush or another source - it must be taken directly from the person's head. For the analysis to effectively determine drug use, a sample of hair needs to be 1.5 inches long, and have the thickness of a pencil. Also it takes time for you to get the results back. It only takes 1 time their first time and they die its already happened to young people before and if you think you need to test your child's hair for drugs good chance that probably already exposed and another thing staring to talk about drugs to a teenager to late. Start telling them young chances are you already know someone that's a bad alcoholic even has a bad drug problem. Let your kids see what's it like for them the struggle and the hell that person is going through exposure to the reality bad hard core is what they will remember because many people get addicted in a matter of days now. Also check with your local district attorney's office to see what programs are available in a teaching capacity don't. wait for them to learn in high school because drugs are already in the school. It's bad in every state now and what the police are getting off the streets is fentanyl or something else thats pressed to look like a certain drug like a Percocet or looks like. A Roxy but its just fentanyl with whatever else they put into it to make it look like whatever "pill" they are trying to sell it's not a Percocet laced with fentanyl as the reporter said. Its just fake pills made with fentanyl and it only takes 1 pill 1st time and that person goes to sleep and never wakes up. I think it's something like 80% or higher the drugs taken off the streets is just fentanyl coming in from Mexico made in China it has to be someone higher up letting this poison come into the USA because of the quantity that's taken off the streets Google IT. Google everything and the town. Sending people that are addicted to drugs to jail does nothing they need treatment after they become addicted then they relapse and that goes on for the rest of their life. And look at her she's a really good smart kid with the entire world out there for her. She thought that she was taking a Percocet or whatever for a little buz. Or a high but to many people still don't even know what's going on with these drugs because the media doesn't report it correctly ( not trying to put all the blame on them) we as parents and grandparents need to know so we can try like hell to prevent these kids the good ones and the ones that some people refer to as the wrong side of the tracks they all need to be saved. Get involved go talk to your local district attorney's office as well as police officers all divisions local and state and the firefighters and EMS if they don't have a program for the kids young even as 5 6 7 years old btw i started teaching my child much younger and exposed him to what happens to the person most times its another family member and as for my child he had what's called and old soul and everybody said omg she's exposing her child to these who happened to ne family members ( all dead each and everyone of them died because of the drugs or a combination of both. Starting at about age 11 12 maybe 13 where already doing drugs and i told him that he didn't have to be close friends with them anymore just be nice and get away because he couldn't do anything to help that friend stop taking drugs etc. After he grew up and he left for LSU I ALREADY KNEW THAT he was going to go very far in life because he was very smart even very young and it wasn't if you go to college it was always when you go to college either a medical surgeon like his grandfather or engineering degree like his dad he chose engineering and did very well in college. And he was recruited to a huge company to work for before he even graduated from college and he's doing extremely well. I had to get off of Facebook those same mother's that said i was not a good mother because of showing him what the end lookes like with the people he loved that wete going to either die or go to prison. Those parents are sending me messages and calling me to help them with their own children " young adults now to stop them from going to their early graves or to prison. I'm a grandma now and my only child is doing extremely well and met a beautiful lady that he absolutely adores and I'm now. Grandmother. Our family also lost several extremely young smart amazing kids at a very young age and none of us knew about this fentanyl people say it will get much better with time absolutely no way the lost just keeps getting harder and I'm sorry but the holidays are hell. We also lost my precious nephew (who was already taking course at Duke university every summer for gifted kids starting at age 12 or 13 years old he wanted to become a neurosurgeon. However for spring break he a 17 year old was drinking a. Chocolate milkshake on the beach when a woman high on i think 7 different drugs and alcohol she left the Hwy at a high rate of speed driving a huge Suburban and hit him and dragged him because he became lodged under her Suburban it pulled most of his skin off of his body and destroyed his heart so only his heart valves could be donated. I thought he died instantly but to our horror he was still alive when the police arrived and the high women was saying that her arm hurt. About 100 kids where also on the beach all from a private school also for gifted kids. Those students told the officers that she hit someone but nobody could see his body ( she ran off of the road about 100 yards before she hit and dragged him a long way again before her Suburban hit a tree to stop her because she never braked. To the officers horror he was found lodged under the suburban still alive. That woman came to court everyday extremely high on many drugs never looked at my sister or het husband and appeared to be extremely annoyed at having to sit down in the courtroom. She had a small fine and received 11 years but will only spend a very few of that time given to her. His body was so broken he had to be cremated. Our family lost 3 other very close cousins.under age 21 because of the people driving (all different car wrecks) were all high on alcohol and alcohol and drugs. That's what young kids need to see with their own eyes not in a book or the internet but the families and the people that were killed because of drugs when they are young not teenagers.
It is astounding to see how many young people have died over Fentanyl poisoning when they never intended to take it in the first place. It's the families who suffer the most.
I too lost a nephew to an accidental fentanyl overdose. Early in 2021. He had no idea that what he was taking was laced. He was only 22. I am sorry for your families loss.
Hair analysis will only show drugs that have been used on a somewhat frequent basis. If someone pops some Xanax or opiates every once in a while, they won't show up as positive. But if someone is using daily, then it will show up.
why did they only get 2 years probation for giving fent to a minor, but people who sell shrooms and weed to adults get life? we live in a society. a corrupt one nonetheless, but a society.
@@Dontatmebr0 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.. You're an idiot... Fake percs being actually just fentanyl didn't become even semi common until the late 2010s and didn't become this common since the 2020s. Hardly anyone had even heard of fentanyl before 2015. You're unbelievable. Since 05.. lmao. You should get a brain transplant bro. Like, today. The fuck is wrong with you seriously
Most parents don’t know.. unfortunately Addiction doesn't discriminate.. Fentanyl Is no joke if you have an addiction to any opiates get help before its too late.
I don’t understand… this is horribly sad but drugs are just off limits. Any drugs pose too much danger it’s just never worth the high:( idk why this keeps happening.
I do not have any kids of my own by choice. But This is the kind of ish I don't want to go thru whatever the situation may be. The parents can shelter their kids but drugs will cross their path one day.. whether it is from an injury, a friend or a friends friend.. or even a family member.. it will be their choice to say no or keep at it...
The parents are still not accepting the reality that their daughter knew what she was doing. She chose to take drugs and sadly it killed her. The parents need to accept and try to move forward. Blaming another teenager isn’t productive
what i thought when she said there was ''nothing she had seen'' to make her suspicious. Begs the question of how much she was paying attention. And makes me think how did this well to do seemingly bright girl land here? I won't let these deaths be in vain, my kids are young but I'm taking these lessons to protect them later.
Amazing how most parents have NO CLUE as to what their children are doing or where they go nowadays. My brother and I told our parents everything from who we were hanging out with to where we were going and what we planned on doing as well gave them a phone number to any place we were going. Forward 40 years to today and I'm still alive with no inclination of wanting anything to do with drugs.
It’s a different drug scene today. My son told me where he was going, I knew his friends and girl friend, he never missed curfew. Some kids today don’t even have curfew. He went away to college and found Xanax and then heroin. Then fentanyl polluted those drug sources and he passed. It’s easy for people to judge but really there are a lot of different reasons people use and it doesn’t always have to do with bad parenting. My daughter on the other hand graduated college and doesn’t touch drugs so the parent blaming thing goes out the door on this one.
America needs to take the Opium crisis far more serious. Now drug dealers are selling fentanyl under the names of other less harmful drugs. This should also include lowering the price of prescription medication so that people can afford it instead of having to turn to the black market to get it cheaper.
RIP beautiful girl but the parents views on addiction are skewed by their daughters untimely death. They didn’t have the chance to ride out the ride, when the mom says things like “well they can have a dead kid” if parents don’t drug test there kids.. or “if her friends would have sent a note she could have been stopped” sure maybe she could have been but the reality is most addicts, no matter how beautiful, how smart, how good or wealthy of a family they come from; take a minimum of 5 stays to get clean. Harassing your children won’t get them clean, disowning them won’t get them clean. Nothing she’s suggesting could or would have been the bomb that “saved” her daughter. I know she can’t help but think of the what if’s and why’s & I don’t blame her at all.. just saying.
Kids grow up watching their parents popping pills every time they have a little headache. How do people expect the talk about the dangers of drugs to be effective?
To the mother: your voice will definitely be heard by millions of people and undoubtedly will help parents and teens all over this great country. I am a parent myself, and I am unsure whether or not if I would have the strength to do what you are doing right now. I know you say that you had no choice but there are always options in life. And you have chosen a very strong path and you will be rewarded in the end.
Addiction has no face, no gender, no race, no age, no class, no mercy!!!! I’m glad I got a hold of my addiction. I just celebrated 3 and half years sober!!! But not everyone is so lucky! RIP.
Congrats
@@BestClipsViral123 thank you!
This stuff is killing way more people than just addicts. That's the headline here
Congrats! Keep going strong :)
congratulations!!!
As a kid, I did competitive cheerleading with Kendall. Absolutely breaks my heart, she was such a lively, loving soul. Much love to her family & close friends
@gen. hos Don’t be so quick to judge. Not all people who do drugs are drug addicts, some just like Kendall, are just kids, trying new things, and hanging out with the wrong crowd! I was one of those kids myself, but back when I was that age things were different.
@gen. hos You're a weirdo
@gen. hos I suggest you do some research. We are in an unprecedented epidemic of poisonous fentanyl. First, it was substance users, then young kids getting things off snap chat. Don’t be so quick to be judgy because you may very well be affected by this drug. Either a friend or a loved one. Who knows where it will be next. It could be on your local salad bar
@gen. hos it’s not just snap chat this shit is coming in on. Just a matter of time before someone drops it in the water supply. This should be everyone’s concern. Don’t blame the parents because I know many great parents whose children have died from this including myself. It’s the “times in which we live”. FDA opened the door for opioids and thereby opened pandoras box
@gen. hos I detect a lot of hostility about this subject instead of compassion and understanding which is what the world needs more of. My son passed of an overdose but I can say he was a compassionate human being and for that I am proud. These are kids that are dying. Kids do stupid things. Surely you understand that. They should t die of poison that is coming from Chinese cartels. This is much bigger than you even know. I realize that you are a person set in their ways and cannot fathom that maybe this is more than black and white
I lost my oldest son a marine to fentanyl. He had so much going for him and loved by all who knew him. RIP Nicholas
RIP Nicholas
Everyday I am sad and depressed seeing what is happening in all four corners of our beloved country.
Make no mistake, this stuff comes from the same place as the super flu came from. Its all out assault.
Sorry for your loss, I dont think annything can make up for that, just remember : we are just passing through in this sick world.
Sorry to hear about your son. My brother died three months ago ago to fentanyl. I know your pain. Prayers to your family
@H hey kick rocks
If there's one thing I can tell you guys, NEVER EVER EVER take street drugs.
You don't know who's touched them or where they've been.
Or, and hear me out, don't take any drugs.
and if you do test them!
@@finnmanuel-miranda2154 or hear me out know your supplier
I hear they're even lacing POT now!
@@BartBasquiato bull. These are the SAME people killing guys by using a Nutri bullet to crush pills, where whatever in it isn't mixed even. Blenders aren't for dry items to begin with
best thing my mom ever taught me was not to be a follower. It's always the friends that get you into these types of things. Think for yourself and think about the future.
Just say no
Don't blame the friends. People make their own decisions.
sometimes it's the Adventure /experience that people are seeking not so much following. Sorta like SkyDiving, they know the risk in the beginning but they still take the leap
👍👍👍👍👍
I lost my 21 yr old daughter to a fentanyl laced pill in November of 2021. Rip Marissa 💔
I’m so sorry for your loss. That was your baby girl. I lost my younger brother this February on his 23 bday to fentanyl laced pill as well. Worst day of my life. I miss him everyday 💔
I’m so sorry ❤️🙏🏽
We lost a friend from high school amazing musician. Beto Banda. Sorry for your loss. China and the Cartel working hand in hand with a wide open border.
Addiction is a fuckin monster and in so sorry that you lost your daughter my condolences to you and your family that lost your daughter to the addiction monster please heal and try to leave for your kid please keep carrying on for me for you and for your family.
@@Sweetmemoirs94 It's the drug war not china or the cartels. It's our drug laws that cause all this suffering.
Okay this is something I need to get out there and off my chest as someone who has lost 2 people I knew to fentanyl overdoses. It is not an addiction thing. It is not the type of "overdose" situation that is stereotyped or shown in media. This is affecting those who are naive to drug taking or unaware of the dangers it could bring. Often times these kids are taking it as a "one night" thing or believe it's some type of xanax or other relaxant. It's about blinded trust, and putting trust in people or situations because you are young and don't think it will happen to you. Often times the friends or people supplying these drugs don't even know they are laced by the manufacturers, and the smallest amount of fentanyl can kill you when laced in a type of pill or equivalent. Please, if you are reading this, don't take something you aren't 100% sure is safe. Better yet, don't take pills or other drugs at all. You will save your own precious life and your loved ones from a horrible, unimaginable heartache. I don't mean to scare you, but please.
Thank you for saying and spreading this information.
I lost my 21yr old son 4.22.22. You are so correct! People hear over dose and they think he was some kind of a junkie. My son bought what he thought was an Oxy but it was pressed Fentynal! We are loosing an entire generation to this crisis. My son didn't over dose, my son was poisoned! And 2 arrests were made charging them with 2nd degree murder. People need to know that this can and will happen to ANYONE!
I think kids think if other kids are taking it, then it can't be that bad, and that can lead to addiction, and possible death. Kids think just taking it once is harmless - WRONG!
EXACTLY.
Unless you buy from Walmart or Costco or get from the pharmacy from a prescription written by your doctor don't take it one pill can kill why risk it go in the ocean with a cut on your finger and see if you can call a shark that's more likely to get some action if that's what your looking for
Lost a friend April 2021. She was given a fake pill & her “friends” left her to die. She was 23 years old 🥺💔
im so sorry for your loss :( sending u love ❤❤
Deeply sorry for your loss. Did these so
Called friends get taken to court? Evil!
Most ppl that do drugs aren’t real friends
… I’m so sorry for your loss❤️🙏
@@rosie6 I appreciate that. It’s been a really long road 😔
My last dentist "fired" me as a patient because I refused to use opioid pills she prescribed for me. I let it be known on social media and she soon asked if I wanted to be her patient again and I politely said no I don't wish to be poisoned. A couple days of taking Aleve gel tablets was all that was needed.
That's wonderful for you but doctor prescribed opioid medication is not poison. These kids did not get high on prescribed medication taken as prescribed by their medical provider. I'm a chronic pain patient who fight this stigma of opioid use daily because of people like you who choose to be ignorant about addiction.
@@nikkibb1998 Sorry Nicole but that argument on stigma won't hold. There were 100,000 dead in the US due to opioid and fentanyl overdoses in the past year. Doctors get cash kickbacks from drug companies and I'm not chancing getting addicted so doctors can keep getting rich.
@@nikkibb1998 BS. I know 3 ppl who got injured, were prescribed Opioids, and got addicted. It's better to avoid if possible
I don't know why medical professionals think that opioid pain killers are so much better than painkillers like Aleve. After my C-section I was in excruciating pain. The nurse then told me she was giving me "the good stuff" (wink wink), which was some kind of opioid. It did very little and the pain continued. The next day they put me on some generic version of Aleve, and finally I got some relief. Maybe it has something to do with body chemistry - why some people find opioids so powerful and irresistible.
@@muffs55mercury61 the people dying are not taking actual fentanyl it is synthetic counterfeit. That is the problem and they are masking it as other drugs like perc Oxy. It is never real fentanyl 😂😂 the one from the pharmacy is completely different
My friend's son died from fentanyl on 4/20 given to him by some strange friends. He too was a good kid all of his life and became friends with someone who dared him to take 2, he did! So sad about these young adults thinking it's cool to get high! Peace and love to all the families who have lost a child🦋
So very sad
If he was a good kid. He wouldn't of been on drugs at all
. Are you THAT stupid? I guess so.. and your son paid the price.
@@fuckyomamafuckyosisterfuck6136 u r an ignorant sob
@@cherylspencer3662 agreed! He totally missed the point and didn't read my reply very well. Some kids succumb to peer pressure, even more now but that doesn't mean they're bad kids nor addicts, they're just easily influenced and if they know about fentanyl and how potent and dangerous it is, just maybe they wouldn't give in to the dare or to indulge just to be accepted. My friend's son was not an addict, verified by the coroner! Many of us are blessed that our own children didn't succumb to peer pressure. Some people just like to be mean spirited instead of rebutting logically and respectfully. Thank you for understanding my point.
@Jay Browne no he's not. Kids want to fit in.
i’m so sorry for their loss, but this reason is exactly why i had to turn my life around. i’m barely 15 and nearly died in the backseat of a car. i had took a perc and went to sleep, woke up forgetting i had already popped one. then i took a xanax, we left to the northside and all i could feel was my hearing being so faint like it was fading, my chest was hurting so immensely. i kept gasping for air, then i started sweating,wheezing, choked on my own saliva, rolled to my side and started vomiting. i thank the lord everyday that he has let me live. never will i go back to pills. my body is already demolished by the few i have done. i can’t gain weight, going up my school stairs overwhelms me and i get tired so easily. i only did them for a few months but my body has taken the toll in the long run. i praise the lord for letting me experience near death, because that’s what it took to get me to stop. if i hadn’t done them, i don’t know if i would still be trapped in them. may this young lady finally rest in peace.
Smart choice glad u could learn from your mistakes if only more could or even better learn from others mistakes so u don't make same one's, good luck
Amazing to have this sort of insight at such a young age. Bless you and know you are one of the few very lucky ones. Don’t take a pill that’s not prescribed for you ever again. You were given a second chance at life. Well done sweetheart 👍🙏🕊💜
Teens are easily influenced, and wanted to be cool isn't as cool as it sounds...
Hit the gym and consume more protein. You can still recover 💪
I have no sympathy for ppl like you that take drugs giving to u by strangers and peer pressuring others in turn.
You can't blame the parents for this one. My mom was strict with me at home, so I hung out with the wrong crowd to cheer myself up. I'm convinced there are no easy answers. Satan is always crouching at the door.
"Satan?"
Stop blaming imaginary s***, people need to own up to their mistakes and stop saying so and so made them do it.
@@TheFracturedfuture You don't know what he meant with this word, could be a metaphore, stop being so egoistical about you interpretation of reality that you are puting your meaning in ONE word in a coment about complexity of addiction.
@@breno843 I don't give a s*** what you think.
@@TheFracturedfuture obviously. Your nasty attitude means Satan already got to you. The biggest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he doesnt exist. You dont blame Satan for "making" you do it. Satan is likexthe dealer, he has the goods but everyone is still personally accountable. God gave humans free will the Devil cannot force his will on any of us.
Did you miss the part where she said they think she was on them for about a year? How can a parent that’s “involved” not notice her daughter high on opiates? They definitely have some fault in her death.
Why are they blaming other people for their childs actions?
Their daughter didn’t know it was laced with fentanyl?
@@maggie9089 it is highly unlikely the other girls did aswell.
@@maggie9089 It is very well known right now that fentanyl is a risk you take when abusing pills.
@@maggie9089 still doesn’t mean it’s someone else’s fault. She shouldn’t have been taking pills to begin with. They just don’t want to admit their daughter had a problem and it’s her own fault that she overdosed
The scum bag dealers are responsible for selling that posion. It's false advertisment.
It's never another person's fault for the actions of the person that put the pill in their mouth. She was doing it for a year, how was it the other girls fault??? Believe me, I know. I was addicted for 4 Years and spent the better half of 200k on opiates and died twice because I wanted to. My parents at no time said let's try to ruin another life because my son fucked up. Get over yourselves and understand that this addiction affects anyone from homeless to doctors. BLAME THE USER
I’m so shocked to see this !!!!! Craziest part I knew both of them… my cousin was dating Kendal best friend. I would visit them at UCSD for the weekend and that’s how I met Kendall. Kendal was nice, goofy and sweet. And it is true about the problem she had… it was going on for a year..Kendal would visit UCSD and there was always drugs. Out of everyone there (20 people) she looked like a little 14 year old. I’m pretty sure her “best friend “ introduced her to everything and it bothered me to see a little girl at the parties she really he no business at. Unless she lied to her parents about going somewhere else, she always was at UCSD partying. I don’t understand how they couldn’t of known :/
@@chrissanchez333 it's truly sad the amount of deaths occurring from fentynal, I just hate when family's want to ruin someone else's life for what their child did. I mean, did that help them mourn the loss? It seems to me to just be retaliatory, I mean she had to have bought drugs hundreds of times from other people, should they all be in jail too? Usually someone goes and picks up pills from their dealer for multiple people or friends. I'm sure she got other people pills numerous times from her dealer, it's just how the drug scene works. I just like people owning what they or their loved ones did and not instantly blame others.
@@stevepoulson5867 your 100% right! It’s not fair for someone to specifically pay the consequences when that other person have been getting it from a bunch of other people. It’s messed up.. nobody forces anyone to do anything if they don’t want to.. they made the choice to consume it. There shouldn’t be anyone to blame but the user .
I think it's completely understandable that the mom is upset that the other mom never gave her a heads-up that "Hey, my daughter's had some problems with drug use. Just thought you should know since your daughter spends a lot of time with her and could be at risk too." Some hint could have made all the difference in the world. And the two moms knew each other fairly well too so Kendall's mom apparentally felt a false sense of security with her daughter hanging out with this daughter of a family friend.
Sure it's true that whoever takes an illegal drug or a drug not prescribed specifically for herself bears the ultimate responsibility. But not sole responsibility. If this so-called friend had never introduce her to drugs - probably normalizing them to her - and procured them for her, she wouldn't have taken the drug that killed her. Maybe she'd have ended up taking drugs provided by someone else some other time...who knows. This so-called friend absolutely deserves to be held partially responsible for Kendall's death. Not entirely, but definitely partially.
Congratulations to you for getting off drugs.
If they are blaming someone else, that sort of explains how their daughter came to be a drug addict. No accountability.
Sadly, most people place the blame everywhere but on their children. It was a poor choice on the part of all of the kids. No other child’s life should be ruined by placing blame on their friends. So sad.
Nah, it's their fault too.
Those "friends" gave that girl pills laced with fentanyl and she took it not knowing they were laced!! How is this not their fault?! Its the same thing as poisoning someone.
@@youtubeaccount5356 Two things can be true.
The problem is that the other parties involved were adults, not minors.
The girl who died was the only minor.
@@am7884 Yes, but we are taught since elementary school tos ay no to drugs, so the girl is at fault for making a dumb choice, but as you mentioned, the adults are at fault as well. They had no business influencing a minor.
Can’t blame anyone else for drug use , shit is personal choice , it is necessary to just stay away from any type of prescription drugs
Even if a doctor prescribed you to them?
@@aprilsummers6447 it’s your call if you decide to go with the treatment plan and pick up the prescription
@@aprilsummers6447 ESPECIALLY if a doctor prescribed them!
No jail time for giving FENTANAL to a MINOR?
Exactly. 😠
Their daughter never meant to overdose and die. The addiction monster lied to her. It took ahold of her brain, then told her "one more pill, keep making me feel good, it's okay". 🙏
When it comes to fentanyl overdoses it is not even necessarily about addiction. Theyre putting fent in everything so even if a kid is peer pressured into taking one xanax or one percocet they could have some bad luck and it be laced with a lethal dose of fent. A teen can have a minor habit or just dabble in weak drugs but then get sold a pressed pill. And the fakes these days are looking more and more real.
For whatever reason "perc 30s" have been the trend for a few years now. With the name Perc 30 you would think it is the prescription narcotic percocet when in reality it is just the street name for a fent pressed pill. There is no such thing as a "30mg Percocet"
Oh, she had a prescription for fentanyl???
@@thomasjensen6243 no lol no one has that
@@malcriadamedina5358 yes, they do.
@@malcriadamedina5358 as an ex opioid addict, yes they do! Why do you think it exists in the first place? Its not commonly prescribed unless a person has SEVERE pain, from things such as cancer, or for patients post surgery (I mean a severe and very invasive surgery) but yes it can be prescribed to patients that's what it was created for - I remember kids chewing on and smoking fentaynl patches when I was in highschool... but it's just like any other drug it can be prescribed but NOW due to the opioid crisis in the u.s. they are VERY strict about controlling it, when they should have been strict about it 15years ago... most of the times it's manufactured and sold on the streets illegally and mixed in with other street drugs because its cheaper, (thats how people are dying from it because they'll think they're getting a bag of Hero*n or Coca*ne or even counterfit pain pills and it'll have a lethal dose of fentaynl mixed in with it and not realizing what they're taking - which is what the OP is saying- that this young girl probably has a problem with some other drugs like pain killers or hero*n and didn't realize she was taking a lethal dose that's how MOST od's are happening in recent years)... but yes it is still possible to get a prescription for it, but someone has to basically be dying of cancer or had a body part amputated to receive it these days and most of the time it'll be given to someone who's under regular medical supervision.
Prayers for the family. I just lost my son to the drug as well
i lost my older brother 3 years ago to it, i hope you can grow through it. i love you and your family i hope you can look at him during the good times not only the bad
So sorry for your loss.
This is an epidemic nationwide and this drug is not only taking our children but lives of all ages. Over 150 lives daily just in one state.
Blessings to you 🙏 I'm sorry you have had to experience this prayers for you to find some peace.
I'd be suing the Sackler family, but what do I know? They KNOWINGLY tried to make addicts.
If they had no idea she was doing drugs then how dd the mom 'just know' when the cops knocked on the door?
Her daughter took the drugs. Blaming the friends isn’t fixing the problem. Teaching your children NOT to do them is the hard job.
Thats crazy someone with a good stable income, good parents . good neighborhood. Just with one simple pill cant be the end of everything.
This is how you and these parents are delusional, good this and that. Doesn't matter how you're raised or where you're from, this is proof.
It doesn’t matter your background. Fentanyl and not knowing any better just a straw that means the difference between life and death.
Why do people do drugs in the first place?
Condolences to the family
I feel terrible for these parents. But as someone in long term recovery who started using in my late teens and needed a lot of support from my mom… I can see why her mother didn’t want to go around telling everyone about her daughters drug use. That’s private. She very well could of thought she wasn’t using at that time. And going around telling everyone her daughter struggles with drugs would just isolate her.
I overdosed 3 months ago on a inch line of fentanyl thank god my wife was home who is a nurse she saved me it will never happen again
And you were doing drugs at your age, why?
@@calvinsmyth didn’t know their was a age limit… called being a addict
@@bobbyd224 No age limit for addiction or for being irresponsible. You have an income, at least through your wife, so with just that support, put on your big boy pants and break your addiction. If you love her, why put her through your sh*t. Addicted teens are one thing. Addicted middle-age adults are pathetic. Pedophiles are addicted to their sick habit, but everyone expects them to be able to stop cold, yet drug addicts get pass after pass after pass and much sympathy.
@@bobbyd224 you wife is still with your junkie ass?
Smh sad she was beautiful rip angel
No sadness for all the ugly, homeless scumbags that die???
@Rafi Eitan of course she is no angel....she is a doper.
Prayers up!!
Useless prayer
Pray for the ones who haven't or won't commit suicide
@@midget_spinner8449 you can’t prove that. Matter of a fact your religion believes in yourself which is pure selfishness.
With drugs killing people for the past I don’t know how many eons, it still baffles me that people want to dabble.
Pot doesn't kill people. I guess edibles can make you very unhappy if you're stupid, tho.
Yeah it’s sad, but honestly it’s not the friends fault at all. I’m pretty sure they didn’t shove the pill down her throat.
I agree and I am pretty sure the experience of seeing a friend die and also being charged with accessory to her death, will likely have a life-changing effect. I understand how the parents of the girl who died, do not think that justice was served, but like you said, unless the girl was forcing her to take the drugs, they likely were both consenting and just made poor choices. I made a lot of poor choices when I was younger. I was just lucky that I did not end up dead or in jail. For most, you get wiser as you age and you realize how stupid some of the things you did were and if things went wrong how bad the consequences of your actions would have been. At least I certainly do.
😂
Peer pressure is hard
My question is would the parents have listened if they were told? A lot of parents want to bury their heads in the sand and wish it away. Not all parents, but some just pretend it doesn’t exist or their kids could never do such a thing. I’d drug test my kid myself. You can’t know for sure unless you test them to be safe and get them help. Sorry this ended this way for her. ❤️
I think we did hide our heads in the sand for a hot minute when we found out our son was addicted to heroin. We were so dumbfounded that looking back on it I think we were in shock. No one in my family or my husbands had ever done heroin or something so addicting. Even relatives said he will grow out of it. Of course, by then I had done tons of research and began to understand just how Evil this drug is. Once addicted, the user literally cannot control their compulsion to use. I guarantee it s beyond what I ever believed was possible. It turns the person into a zombie seeking human. That is why people neglect their children, run out of Walmart with a TV, collapsed veins, limbs amputated… it’s horrible. Plus the parents live everyday trying to change a person that physically cannot change because the drugs have hijacked our brain. It is a nightmare! It is a very difficult and complicated disease to explain and understand. Believe me I thought addicts were losers till it happened to my son who was far from that. It’s sad, but I think if it were just heroin and not fentanyl, he might be alive today. Fentanyl is a game changer. We should be going into Mexico and destroying labs. Also, we need to hold China accountable for shipping it into Mexico. The govt won’t do anything so it’s the mothers/fathers/wife’s/siblings who are now banding together to spread awareness even at the risk of ridicule because they want no other parent to experience this horrific drug
She was gorgeous. So sad for her parents.
The parents are in denial about not knowing their daughter was under the influence. They were disengaged and are now blaming the other family for their own neglect. Opioids have significant symptoms that they ignored. Addiction is a family illness. The whole family was swept into denial.
She wasn't addicted or doing opioids regularly....? Why do you people keep bringing up addiction.. That has nothing to do with randomly experimenting with recreational drugs which turn out to be fentanyl instead of the real thing.
@@Ryan88881 yes she was, you obviously didn’t listen to the mother who reported the daughter had been using regularly for the past year before she died. Addiction is a family disease and the players often experience denial simultaneously as a way to protect the family unit stabilization
@@5thdimension625 She had been experimenting with drugs obviously which teenagers fucking do you dummy. She's not "addicted" to pills which obviously kill you before you can even get addicted to them. Use your brain. I watched the story twice and there was NOTHING to suggest or even hint that she was addicted or even had a habit. It's called recreational use; casual drug experimentation. Grow the fuck up and/or read a book.
@Ivana Notyers Ah I get it. Because you have dementia?
I disagree with this grieving mom when at the very end she states that her loss "is not like a parent not like a spouse, a child cannot be replaced" A really cruel thing to say to someone who has lost a husband. Sorry honey but just like your daughter my husband cannot be replaced!!! Do you really think that after losing a husband I can just go out & get another one as a "replacement"? What about young kids left who will never ever have their father in their lives? Sorry but All LOSES are very difficult to overcome & Grief sucks!!
I don't think she was trying to compare pain
I thought the same thing. She said it when her husband was right next to her too!
The “can’t be replaced” thing was super weird. Each of those losses is traumatic and shouldn’t be compared.
Parent like this are not at all involved with their children's lives like they think are! These are always the very parents that are oblivious to what their children are doing. It's always about how you show them others can influence their mind!
Thank you, I was waiting to hear this. That explains many of the mysterious questions - like why so many parents and those around them “didn’t see the signs” or “had no idea” they were struggling.
such a silly thing to say
I take offense at this…my son was in college and became addicted to Xanax and then heroin. It’s this backward attitude that prevents people from understanding this disease. You can’t monitor your over 18 kid all the time. My son was in the gifted program, AP classes, a life guard, Eagle Scout and was in his junior year of college at a very highly rated Midwestern engineering school. So we did “our job”. The point is kids will do what they want. Maybe you are lucky and don’t have curious kids like my son. My daughter does no drugs at all and just graduated college a week ago. I hope you don’t have children because you seem like you think nothing bad could ever happen to them. That they wouldn’t make a mistake. Well, kids brains aren’t formed until they are 25. They are going to do stupid stuff and hide it from you duh. Do some research, we are in an epidemic! Started with the opioids and now it is fentanyl. Get off your high horse give these parents credit for sounding the alarm. You live in the past there is no perfect world!🥸
@@bubbybets9336 how is it silly? A parent that’s involved like they say they were would have noticed their daughter high on opiates especially if they think it was going in for a year..
Moral of the story, don’t use drugs & don’t blame others if you CHOOSE to use drugs!
Unfortunately, I don't think there was anything anyone could have done to save the girl, except to have Narcan on hand. I think we should arm teens with knowledge and narcan instead of asking people to talk behind people's backs and submitting teens to random drug tests. Kids who make dumb choices like this often have serious underlying issues. Teens with strong support systems and education don't go down this path. It all comes back to being able to trust authority. Teens love to test boundaries, but no healthy teenager wants to die or risk harming themselves. An educated teen with a narcan kit can save a life at a party if someone overdoses.
😭😭😭😭😭😭sorry about your loss ....heartbreaking as s mother of a 16 yr old...🙏🙏🙏
Typical.... Blame someone else
This is a tragedy, but giving your kid drug tests isn’t a way to make them trust you more or make them want to come to you if they did have a problem. you have to let your kid make mistakes and learn from them or they’ll never be able to handle adult hood.
How could you have prevented this then? Parents dont know what is going on behind doors, when they leave their house and hang out with their friends they never know. You have to make certain rules where u know all your child friends and it gives u certainty for it to be okay to hang out with them. Be involved with childs life. This is tragic!
@@bishopmaster1706 there are less intrusive ways to make sure your kids are ok. Drug testing your kids without solid proof they do drugs can cause MAJOR distrust and boundary issues. My parents gave me freedom, but I knew if I screwed up that could be gone. However, I also knew that if I messed up, my parents would always be there for me and would get me help if I needed it. I have trust and respect for my parents because they have respect and trust for me. A lot of my friends who had helicopter parents didn’t know how to control themselves when they got freedom because their parents didn’t let them do anything. No matter what a parent does sometimes, kids are going to make stupid decisions that can have bad consequences. Trying to protect your kids from the world too much can be just as bad as letting them do whatever. Every kid is different too.
@@meganb735 What would be the less intrusive way to make sure you kid is okay? I believe it has a lot to do with society as well, the kids the kid hangs out with. You have to raise your child a certain way from the start so they dont hang around kids that do drugs. If your not involved in your child's life and take whatever action to make sure your child stays away from these behaviors than what are you doing as a parent. Easier said than done. However, i believe its tough in a society where drugs etc are common. You just gotta make sure your child is away from these kind of things and knows the goods and the bad. You can not force anything. If you show them the good and the bad, and involved in your child, and they still choose a wrong route; then i believe you've done your job as a parent and should not blame yourself. It would just suck if you talked to your child with humble and kindness and tried to encourage them and they still wanna bad choices. That's fortune, you may or may not always be fortunate in life.
No way. If you as a parent have no clue you can’t help them. Now if she’s over 18 not much you can do. Damn straight you should drug test if she’s a minor.
Or let them die 😒
The legalization of all drugs would solve this, also folks carry your narcan
Admit to the fact that their daughter was an addict. Their daughter knew exactly what she was doing when she was taking drugs.
Stop blaming others for your daughter actions.
Never put something in your body that you don't know EXACTLY what it is, NEVER !
Like the “vaccine” for covid
@@isaidwhatisaid1722 🤫
This is sad a young life lost to a terrible drug fentayl and the person who sells these drugs get off with a slap on the wrist. My niece died of this drug 2 years ago and I pray for this family
drugs are way to publicized like a good thing. MTV should be heal accountable. in the 90s i grew up watching their spring break shows and at 21 wanted to just party. hold corporations accountable
I lost two friends and a cousin to opioid overdose. It’s happening way too frequently. 💔
So her friend forced her to take the pills ??
Her mother seems strangely content.
If someone is a hard core user, when they finally die, the break from the incessant drama can be a relief. Lived it. Not that you WANT them to, tho.
Valium
Devoted parents I never had
Feytynal was just coming around like 7 years ago when I was trying to get clean shit killed me my firs ttime I od so much on it I'm so lucky to be alive . This shit is even stronger than then sooooo scary
RIP kendall
Now they're lacing it with ops without users even knowing that's why there's so many people oding on fentanyl left and right
Why is the answer ‘test your kid’s hair.’ & not speak without judgement to your kid to find out how they really are as a person, watch for small personality changes, secretive behavior or try to supervise their interactions with friends more?
This was so hard to watch. I was so protective of my daughter growing up and we fought but I am glad I was so protective. She grew up no alcohol, no drugs and no cigarettes or tattoos. Plus 3 beautiful grandchildren later, God is good. My heart goes out to this family.
Everyone is different. I grew up in a toxic environment with an alcoholic father, domestic violence and my family with mental illness. I don’t drink, do drugs or smoke cigarettes. This can happen to anyone. People have free will and will make their own decisions.
No Tattoos? good! those are very deadly.
Good chance your daughter did drugs, much more likely than not. She probably still does on occasion, in some capacity.
Wtf no tattoos , those are harmless
Great job 💯
i didnt hear her say, I spoke to my daughter about the dangers of drugs! if i have kids, im do searches on their friends names after this report.
Most kids try drugs its impossible for this stuff to not happen nowadays but this fentanyl crisis is so fucked up. I 100% agree with the push for people to stay away from all opiates and drugs in general but kids are always going to try smoking weed or stuff like mushrooms in high school but it sucks that kids cant mess up without risking their life nowadays its so messed up how they lace these things knowing damn well people are going to die. Its been going on for a while now but its gotten so bad with the fentanyl.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY AROUND THIS PROBLEM, ITS TO PAINFUL TO WATCH KIDS OVERDOSE!
Being more blunt with our kids. Show them these stories, show them the photos of people passed out, with vomit on their clothes. Show them the videos at school. Red ribbon week is not enough show them some brutal shit they won't forget
People know these things idk why they try to say they don't 💯
Right. I was thinking "how do you not know your daughter well enough to know that something is wrong?" seriously... it baffles me how some parents claim to "be there all the time." Clearly you were not paying enough attention.
So sorry. Please don't say rx pills safe. My daughter died from oxy and xanax. The crap that started this mess.
Safer than fentanyl
@Jay Browne There is no need to go after someone who fell victim to this.
And anyone can say a pill comes from a script but lace it with fent and kill someone. None of it is safe for recreational use!
@Jay Browne recently illegal
Shouldn’t be mixing opiates with benzos🤦♂️ sorry for ur daughter but educated users know that. may she rest in peace🕊
losing that war on drugs, it takes a village to raise a child.
i wasnt doing drugs but im sure glad my mom SNOOPED IN MY ROOM, READ MY DIARY AND WAS ALL UP IN MY BIZ. But #1 I was not STUPID and i did not do any drugs to even overdose.
Why didn't she get treated like any other drug dealer on the streets that they go after??
as a parent, what do u do??? how can u constantly protect them
It’s easy teach em, love them and show them a better way.
A single hair isn't going to be enough for a hair drug test, and you can't use hair collected from a brush or another source - it must be taken directly from the person's head. For the analysis to effectively determine drug use, a sample of hair needs to be 1.5 inches long, and have the thickness of a pencil. Also it takes time for you to get the results back. It only takes 1 time their first time and they die its already happened to young people before and if you think you need to test your child's hair for drugs good chance that probably already exposed and another thing staring to talk about drugs to a teenager to late. Start telling them young chances are you already know someone that's a bad alcoholic even has a bad drug problem. Let your kids see what's it like for them the struggle and the hell that person is going through exposure to the reality bad hard core is what they will remember because many people get addicted in a matter of days now. Also check with your local district attorney's office to see what programs are available in a teaching capacity don't. wait for them to learn in high school because drugs are already in the school. It's bad in every state now and what the police are getting off the streets is fentanyl or something else thats pressed to look like a certain drug like a Percocet or looks like. A Roxy but its just fentanyl with whatever else they put into it to make it look like whatever "pill" they are trying to sell it's not a Percocet laced with fentanyl as the reporter said. Its just fake pills made with fentanyl and it only takes 1 pill 1st time and that person goes to sleep and never wakes up. I think it's something like 80% or higher the drugs taken off the streets is just fentanyl coming in from Mexico made in China it has to be someone higher up letting this poison come into the USA because of the quantity that's taken off the streets Google IT. Google everything and the town. Sending people that are addicted to drugs to jail does nothing they need treatment after they become addicted then they relapse and that goes on for the rest of their life. And look at her she's a really good smart kid with the entire world out there for her. She thought that she was taking a Percocet or whatever for a little buz. Or a high but to many people still don't even know what's going on with these drugs because the media doesn't report it correctly ( not trying to put all the blame on them) we as parents and grandparents need to know so we can try like hell to prevent these kids the good ones and the ones that some people refer to as the wrong side of the tracks they all need to be saved. Get involved go talk to your local district attorney's office as well as police officers all divisions local and state and the firefighters and EMS if they don't have a program for the kids young even as 5 6 7 years old btw i started teaching my child much younger and exposed him to what happens to the person most times its another family member and as for my child he had what's called and old soul and everybody said omg she's exposing her child to these who happened to ne family members ( all dead each and everyone of them died because of the drugs or a combination of both. Starting at about age 11 12 maybe 13 where already doing drugs and i told him that he didn't have to be close friends with them anymore just be nice and get away because he couldn't do anything to help that friend stop taking drugs etc. After he grew up and he left for LSU I ALREADY KNEW THAT he was going to go very far in life because he was very smart even very young and it wasn't if you go to college it was always when you go to college either a medical surgeon like his grandfather or engineering degree like his dad he chose engineering and did very well in college. And he was recruited to a huge company to work for before he even graduated from college and he's doing extremely well. I had to get off of Facebook those same mother's that said i was not a good mother because of showing him what the end lookes like with the people he loved that wete going to either die or go to prison. Those parents are sending me messages and calling me to help them with their own children " young adults now to stop them from going to their early graves or to prison. I'm a grandma now and my only child is doing extremely well and met a beautiful lady that he absolutely adores and I'm now. Grandmother. Our family also lost several extremely young smart amazing kids at a very young age and none of us knew about this fentanyl people say it will get much better with time absolutely no way the lost just keeps getting harder and I'm sorry but the holidays are hell. We also lost my precious nephew (who was already taking course at Duke university every summer for gifted kids starting at age 12 or 13 years old he wanted to become a neurosurgeon. However for spring break he a 17 year old was drinking a. Chocolate milkshake on the beach when a woman high on i think 7 different drugs and alcohol she left the Hwy at a high rate of speed driving a huge Suburban and hit him and dragged him because he became lodged under her Suburban it pulled most of his skin off of his body and destroyed his heart so only his heart valves could be donated. I thought he died instantly but to our horror he was still alive when the police arrived and the high women was saying that her arm hurt. About 100 kids where also on the beach all from a private school also for gifted kids. Those students told the officers that she hit someone but nobody could see his body ( she ran off of the road about 100 yards before she hit and dragged him a long way again before her Suburban hit a tree to stop her because she never braked. To the officers horror he was found lodged under the suburban still alive. That woman came to court everyday extremely high on many drugs never looked at my sister or het husband and appeared to be extremely annoyed at having to sit down in the courtroom. She had a small fine and received 11 years but will only spend a very few of that time given to her. His body was so broken he had to be cremated. Our family lost 3 other very close cousins.under age 21 because of the people driving (all different car wrecks) were all high on alcohol and alcohol and drugs. That's what young kids need to see with their own eyes not in a book or the internet but the families and the people that were killed because of drugs when they are young not teenagers.
It is astounding to see how many young people have died over Fentanyl poisoning when they never intended to take it in the first place. It's the families who suffer the most.
Lost my nephew in 2017 to fentanyl. So sorry
I too lost a nephew to an accidental fentanyl overdose. Early in 2021. He had no idea that what he was taking was laced. He was only 22.
I am sorry for your families loss.
I over dose on fet last March 2021.. I have been clean for 6 months now.. god is good
Hair analysis will only show drugs that have been used on a somewhat frequent basis. If someone pops some Xanax or opiates every once in a while, they won't show up as positive. But if someone is using daily, then it will show up.
Just makes me glad (thank God) I didn't have kids. Wasn't for me.
You definitely have less stress I’m sure!
why did they only get 2 years probation for giving fent to a minor, but people who sell shrooms and weed to adults get life?
we live in a society. a corrupt one nonetheless, but a society.
That's incredibly sad
@gen. hos
seriously? No need to be heartless I hope you never go thru a situation like this or something comparable.
Lost my 19 year old best friend to fentanyl pills. He was addicted we as in his friends and family tried to get him off of em but he couldn’t do it
My only child passed away a year ago he was 21. Murdered by fentanyl.
I’m sorry for your loss. Sending prayers to you and your family.
@Ivana Notyers I can’t believe you’d make such a heartless comment. No one’s placing any blame except you.
Imagine thinking you’re getting real percs on the street. Darwinism
This was early 2020 man. Not everyone got the memo by then.
@@Ryan88881 fake percs were around in 2005….
@@Dontatmebr0 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.. You're an idiot... Fake percs being actually just fentanyl didn't become even semi common until the late 2010s and didn't become this common since the 2020s. Hardly anyone had even heard of fentanyl before 2015. You're unbelievable. Since 05.. lmao. You should get a brain transplant bro. Like, today. The fuck is wrong with you seriously
No jail time???
Most parents don’t know.. unfortunately Addiction doesn't discriminate.. Fentanyl Is no joke if you have an addiction to any opiates get help before its too late.
Such a beautiful girl.
So horrible living in this world at times. I have a daughter and I am frightened.
I hope Jesus comes soon.
I don’t understand… this is horribly sad but drugs are just off limits. Any drugs pose too much danger it’s just never worth the high:( idk why this keeps happening.
RIP 🤦♀️ 🤦♀️
I do not have any kids of my own by choice. But This is the kind of ish I don't want to go thru whatever the situation may be.
The parents can shelter their kids but drugs will cross their path one day.. whether it is from an injury, a friend or a friends friend.. or even a family member.. it will be their choice to say no or keep at it...
The parents are still not accepting the reality that their daughter knew what she was doing. She chose to take drugs and sadly it killed her. The parents need to accept and try to move forward. Blaming another teenager isn’t productive
what i thought when she said there was ''nothing she had seen'' to make her suspicious. Begs the question of how much she was paying attention. And makes me think how did this well to do seemingly bright girl land here? I won't let these deaths be in vain, my kids are young but I'm taking these lessons to protect them later.
basicly, she just went to sleep, how kind.
poor girl 🙁🙁
Those pills 💊 should have warning labels 💀 on them? 😳
Kendall so sad 😭 nicest angel 💔😇 ugh
Amazing how most parents have NO CLUE as to what their children are doing or where they go nowadays. My brother and I told our parents everything from who we were hanging out with to where we were going and what we planned on doing as well gave them a phone number to any place we were going. Forward 40 years to today and I'm still alive with no inclination of wanting anything to do with drugs.
It’s a different drug scene today. My son told me where he was going, I knew his friends and girl friend, he never missed curfew. Some kids today don’t even have curfew. He went away to college and found Xanax and then heroin. Then fentanyl polluted those drug sources and he passed. It’s easy for people to judge but really there are a lot of different reasons people use and it doesn’t always have to do with bad parenting. My daughter on the other hand graduated college and doesn’t touch drugs so the parent blaming thing goes out the door on this one.
@@moswiney2737 Big jump from.Xamax to heroin, tho...
Community service jesus.
No jail time? That’s BS.
America needs to take the Opium crisis far more serious. Now drug dealers are selling fentanyl under the names of other less harmful drugs. This should also include lowering the price of prescription medication so that people can afford it instead of having to turn to the black market to get it cheaper.
Its hits middle America so now it's a problem.
RIP beautiful girl but the parents views on addiction are skewed by their daughters untimely death. They didn’t have the chance to ride out the ride, when the mom says things like “well they can have a dead kid” if parents don’t drug test there kids.. or “if her friends would have sent a note she could have been stopped” sure maybe she could have been but the reality is most addicts, no matter how beautiful, how smart, how good or wealthy of a family they come from; take a minimum of 5 stays to get clean. Harassing your children won’t get them clean, disowning them won’t get them clean. Nothing she’s suggesting could or would have been the bomb that “saved” her daughter. I know she can’t help but think of the what if’s and why’s & I don’t blame her at all.. just saying.
Sad
There should be an OTC Test for fentanyl thats cheap an effective.
I can't even watch this I came straight here. This is so fucked up. Words can't even.
Wait! You are blaming the friend? You think your kid never gave anyone a pill?
Kids grow up watching their parents popping pills every time they have a little headache. How do people expect the talk about the dangers of drugs to be effective?
What choice do they have? They must go on.
To the mother: your voice will definitely be heard by millions of people and undoubtedly will help parents and teens all over this great country. I am a parent myself, and I am unsure whether or not if I would have the strength to do what you are doing right now. I know you say that you had no choice but there are always options in life. And you have chosen a very strong path and you will be rewarded in the end.
Rip Kendall
Govt needs to step up their war against cartels, gangs, fentanyl providers. This is so sickening to lose so many young lives.
It is impossible to stop them. If you take one out, there are 9 waiting to take the spot.
Legalizing and openly regulating oxycodone would be the only way to do that obviously.
Wow I thought she survived. Shit I survived an OD scary