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Parent urges Los Angeles City Council to back fentanyl detection devices after son's death
Summary
At a City Council meeting, a parent and representative of a parents’ collective urged support for portable fentanyl-detection devices and test strips, saying her son died of a fentanyl poisoning and describing the types of detection tools she wants the council to promote.
A parent who said she represents a collective of parents urged the Los Angeles City Council to support portable fentanyl-detection devices and test strips, recounting the overdose death of her son and saying the tools could be used “on the go.”
Shannon Chat, who identified herself as a parent and representative of a parent collective that she said includes about 1,000 parents, told the council her son Sammy died four years ago in…
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