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Farmers Branch forum warns ‘one pill can kill,’ outlines school, first-responder steps
Summary
Federal and local officials, laboratory staff and Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD leaders met in Farmers Branch for a community briefing on fentanyl trends, testing and responses; officials urged parental vigilance, said schools carry naloxone and described rising frequency of lethal pills.
Farmers Branch hosted a community fentanyl awareness presentation led by Drug Enforcement Administration officials, the DEA regional forensic laboratory and local public-safety and school leaders, who urged parents and residents to monitor social media and student activity and stressed that “one pill can kill.”
The forum brought together Assistant Special Agent in Charge Guy Baker of the DEA’s Dallas Field Division, regional lab staff, Farmers Branch Police and Fire Department leaders, and Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District representatives to describe how fentanyl is appearing in pill, powder and edible forms and what first responders and schools are doing to respond.
The DEA presenter emphasized the potency and changing pattern of illicit fentanyl in North Texas and nationwide, saying the drug is often pressed into counterfeit oxycodone tablets and mixed into other forms. “One pill can kill,” a DEA speaker said, summarizing lab and overdose trends the agency is tracking.
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Guy Baker said the DEA and its lab in Dallas work with state and local partners to…
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