[CAPTIONING SPONSORED BY SLEEP TRAIN MATTRESS CENTERS, YOUR TICKET TO A BETTER NIGHT’S SLEEP!] >>’S ACT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. HE LOVED LIFE. BRIAN: TONIGHT IN A SPECIAL REPORT, FAMILIES EXPERIENCING UNIMAGINABLE TRAGEDY. KIDS DYING FROM FENNEL POISONING, BUT THIS NOT AN ADDICTION ISSUE. THESE DEATHS ARE ACCIDENTAL. >> IT’S A FAKE PILL. IT DOESN’T CONTAIN ANYTHING THEY THINK IT DOES. BRIAN: IT’S AN ISSUE NOW IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT, HITTING HOME FOR PLACER COUNTY FAMILY. DRUGS EASILY FOUND ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES. KIDS UNAWARE THEY ARE BUYING A DEADLY DOSE OF A POWERFUL NARCOTIC. >> IT’S A BIG GAME CHANGER. TONIGHT, THE WARNING ALL PARENTS NEED TO SEE. THE DISCUSSIONS WITH YOUR KIDS THAT MUST TAKE PLACE, AND WHY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS MAKING THE TRAGIC TREND EVEN WORSE. >> TONIGHT. WE ARE TAKING A SPECIAL IN-DEPTH LOOK AT A GROWING PROBLEM IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND RIGHT HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. COUNTERFEIT PILLS MADE TO LOOK LIKE LEGITIMATE, PRESCRIBED DRUGS. BUT THOSE FAKE PILLS ARE MADE FENTANYL. IT’S A CHEAP, BUT INCREDIBLY POWERFUL NARCOTIC THAT CAN KILL EVEN IN SMALL DOSES. THE CAUSES OF THE FENTANYL CRISIS ARE COMPLICATED. BUT WHAT WE KNOW, IN FAR TOO MANY CASES, PEOPLE ARE BUYING PILLS ON THE BLACK MARKET THAT ARE NOT WHAT THEY EXPECTED, AND THEY ARE DYING. SO WHY ARE DRUG DEALERS REPLACING OTHER DRUGS LIKE XANAX OR OXYCONTIN WITH POTENTIALLY LETHAL FENTANY EXPERTS SAY IT TAKES VERY LITTLE FENTANYL TO PRODUCE A HIGH WHI MAKES IT A CHEAPER OPTION TO PRODUCE AND IT’S HIGHLY , ADDICTIVE. IT’S RISKY AND DANGEROUS WHEN USERS DON’T REALIZE THE DRUG THEY’RE TAKING MIGHT REALLY BE A FAKE FENTANYL PILL, THAT COULD KILL THEM. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEA CONTROL, MORE THAN 36,000 PEOPLE DIED IN 2019 FROM A FENTANYL OVERDOSE. THAT WAS A 16% INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEA AND IS NEARLY 12 TIMES HIGHER THAN WHAT IT WAS IN 2013 AND EXPERTS SAY THERE ARE EARLY INDICATIONS THE NUMBERS ARE ACCELERATING DURING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. TONIGHT, A PLACER COUNTY FAMILY HAS A WARNING FOR ALL PARENTS AND CHILDREN ABOUT THE POTENTIALLY LETHAL COMBINATION OF OPIOIDS AND SOCIAL MEDIA. IT’S A NATIONWIDE CONCERN THAT HAS GONE LARGELY UNNOTICED UNTIL RECENTLY. IT’S NOW SHAKEN THE WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN ROCKLIN. AND UNLESS CHANGES ARE MADE, ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS AGAI >> YOU READY? ♪ >> FOR YEARS, THE DIDIE FAMILY WAS TREATED TO BEAUTIFUL MUSIC LIKE THIS. BUT SINCE THE SUDDEN AND SHOCKING DEATH OF THEIR BELOVED ZACHARY, THE PIANO HAS FALLEN SILENT 17-YEAR-OLD ZACHARY DIDIER WAS A STRAIGHT A STUDENT WITH WHAT SEEMED TO BE A LIMITLESS FUTURE. A STANDOUT ATHLETE IN SOCCER AND TRACK, ON HIS WAY TO BECOME AN EAGLE SCOUT. THE LEAD ACTOR IN THE SCHOOL PLAY, AND A TALENTED, SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN. ZACH WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL SOUL. HE LOVED LIFE. HE LOVED PEOPLE, HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. THE WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WAS SET TO GRADUATE IN JUNE WITH HONORS, AND HAD HIS SIGHTS ON STANFORD OR UCLA. HE LOVED WINNING. HE LOVED SETTING HIGH GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHING IT. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK HE EVEN W WONDERING, WHAT ARE MY LIMITS, WHAT ARE MY BOUND WHAT CAN I DO OR WHAT CAN I NOT DO? TODAY, HIS PARENTS, CHRIS AND LAURA, ARE LEFT ONLY WITH THEIR DREAMS OF WHAT ZACH COULD HAVE BECOME AND THEIR MEMORIES OF THE AMAZING 17 YEARS THEY HAD WITH HIM. WE STRUGGLED WITH KNOWING WHETHER TO DO THIS OR NOT BECAUSE WE WANT ZACH REMEMBERED FOR HOW HE LIVED. HE LIVED THE MOST INREDIBLE LIFE. BUT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW HE DIED, BECAUSE IT’S INFORMATION WE ALL HAVE TO KNOW. ON DECEMBER 27, DURING WINTER BREAK, CHRIS FOUND ZACK AT HIS DESK, WITH HIS HEAD RESTING ON HIS ARM. HE WASN’T BREATHING, AND CPR HAD NO EFFECT. I WAS UTTERLY CONFUSED AND TRAUMATIZED. >> WHAT WAS FIRST AN INEXPLICABLE TRAGEDY -- >> HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WHAT HAPPENED, HE JUST FELL ASLEEP? ZACH WAS A VICTIM OF FENTANYL POISONING. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NOW COME TO KNOW OTHER PAREN WHO ARE SUFFERING THIS TRAGIC TYPE OF LOSS WITH FENNEL POISONING. IT IS HEARTBREAKING HOW MANY OF US THERE ARE. >> LAURA AND CHRIS DIDN’T KNOW IT, BUT ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, ZACH HAD EXPERIMENTED WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, THE SAME MEDICATIONS MILLIONS USED FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT EVERY DAY. ZACH THOUGHT HE WAS BUYING PERCOCET, BUT WHAT HE GOT INSTEAD WAS A COUNTERFEIT PILL MADE OF FENNEL, A POWERFUL PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLER THAT IS 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN MORPHINE. >> IT’S FAKE PILL. IT DOESN’T CONTAIN ANYTHING THAT ZACH DID NOT WANT TO BUY FENNEL. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. -- DID NOT WANT TO BUY FENTANYL. DAYS LATER, AND STILL WITHOUT ALL THE ANSWERS, CHRIS AND LAURA BURIED THEIR YOUNGEST CHILD AT ST. MARY’S IN SACRAMENTO. >> WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL NEVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE IT. THE FAMILY IS HAUNTED NOT ONLY BY THE FAKE PILLS, BUT BY THE WAY ZACH GOT THEM. HE DIDN’T SLIP DOWN A DARK AND SEEDY ALLEY, HE JUST OPENED SNAP CHAT, THE SAME PHONE APP YOUR KIDS PROBABLY HAVE. ONE WITH ALL THOSE SILLY CAMERA FILTERS. DID YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THAT IT COULD BE AS EASY AS PICKING UP YOUR PHONE, CLICKING ON AN APP? NO, NO IDEA AT ALL. WE HAD ZERO IDEA THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN. WE HAD NEVER HEARD OF THAT RISK. WE NEVER HEARD THAT DRUG DEALERS ARE USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. >> LAURA AND CHRIS SAID THEY WHETHER SHARE ZACH’S STORY BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA SURROUNDING DRUGS. ALTHOUGH ZACH HAD NO HISTORY OF ADDICTION, THEY WERE WORRIED THAT THE TRUTH MIGHT TARNISH PEOPLE’S MEMORY OF HIM. >> IN OUR INNER CIRCLE OF PEOPLE THAT WE WERE SHARING WHAT WE SUSPECTED HAD HAPPENED, WE COULDN’T BELIEVE HOW EVERYBODY’S REACTIONS WERE, I HAD NO IDEA OF THIS, LAURA. THEN WE REALIZE OK, WE CAN’T NOT SHARE WHAT WE KNOW. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO GET OUT. THIS IS A BIG GAME CHANGER AND WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN OK AND RELATIVE SAFE IN THE 70’S AND 80’S ARE EVEN THE 90’S, IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NOW. >> YOU CAN HAVE A CHILD WHO IS CURIOUS AND TRY SOMETHING ONE TIME AND THEY ARE GONE. THERE’S NO LEARNING YOUR LESSON, NO SLIPPERY SLOPE. IT’S DEADLY. AND THERE’S THE ACCESSIBILITY, IT’S MIND BLOWING. ♪ >> THERE’S NO DOUBT CHRIS AND LAURA ARE PROUD OF THEIR BOY AND ALL ACCOMPLISHED, THE PLACES HE WENT, THE FRIENDS HE MADE. AND THOUGH WE WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT ZACH COULD HAVE BECOME, WE KNOW T LEGACY HIS PARENTS ARE COMMITTED TO LEAVING. IT HURTS SO BAD. IF WE CAN SPARE ONE FAMILY THIS PAIN. TO MAKE SURE NO OTHER CHILD IS LOST THE SAME WAY. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING. WE CAN’T PROTECT ZACH NOW, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN PROTECT YOUR KIDS AND WE CAN PROTECT OTHER KIDS. WE DID NOT KNOW. BRIAN: THERE HAS BEEN AN ARREST MADE IN ZACH DIDIER’S CASE, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY RARE. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON THAT A LITTLE LATER IN THE BROADCAST. THE DIDIER FAMILY IS NOT ALONE FENTANYL POISONING DEATHS ARE GROWING AT AN ALARMING RATE. JOINING US LIVE TONIGHT IS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MOM AND DAD WHO TRAGICALLY KNOW ALL TOO WE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF COUNTERFEIT DRUGS. ED AND MARY TERNAN ARE FROM THEY ARE JOINING US NOW. ED AND MARY, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT IF YOU COULD, WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE FOUNDATION YOU STARTED. FIRST, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SON CHARLIE. TELL ME ABOUT HIM AND THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS. >> CHARLIE WAS A GREAT GUY. JUST SO LOVING AND KIND AND FUNNY. HE HAD A BELLY LAUGH THAT MADE EVERYBODY EL LAUGH. HE WAS EASY-GOING. HE WAS VERY SMART, ESPECIALLY IN MATH. HE LOVED SPORTS AND HE LOVED CONNECTING WITH HIS FRIENDS. EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING HE WAS THE GLUE WITH ALL THEIR FRIENDS, AND JUST A GREAT KID. >> I KNOW IT’S PAINFUL TO TALK ABOUT, BUT TAKE US THROUGH HOW CHARLIE DIED. >> WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT CHARLIE GOT ONLINE AND GOT A PERCOCET FOR HIS BACK. HE HAD BAC SURGERY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SO HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH IT. HE WAS WAITING FOR A PHONE INTERVIEW FOR POSSIBLE JOB AT 5:00, AND THEN HE JUST DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES IN HIS ROOM ALONE. HE TOOK THE PILL SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN HE DIED. HE WAS SELF-MEDICATING, AND HE GOT POISON BY THIS FAKE PILL. >> ED, WE KNOW YOU HAVE CREATED A NON-PROFIT IN CHARLIE’S MEMORY. YOU ARE REALLY TRYING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AND THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM. TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ISSUES YOU ARE TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT. YES, THANKS, BRIAN. SONG FOR CHARLIE.ORG, WE FOCUS ON A COUPLE OF THINGS RIGHT NOW. LIKE THE DIDIE, WE DISCOVERED AN INFORMATION GAP AFTER CHARLIE DIED. FAMILIES WE TALKED TO IN THE SITUATION, WE ALL KNEW IT AS A WTF MOMENT. WHAT IS THIS FENTANYL WE ARE BEING TOLD ABOUT? MOST PARENTS DON’T FIND OUT ABOUT THIS DRUG UNTIL IT TAKES THEIR LOVED ONE. WE FOUND OUT THE AUTHORITIES KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THEY ARE MOVING AS FAST AS THEY CAN TO FIX IT, BUT WE HAVE TO WA THE MOST VULNERABLE AGE GROUP AND GIVE THEM TIME TO CATCH UP. WE HAVEN’T STARTED TO FLATTEN THIS CURVE YET. ANOTHER PART OF IT IS, IT’S A RECENT PROBLEM. IT’S BEEN AROUND SINCE ABOUT 2013 BUT HAS REALLY ACCELERATED SINCE ABOUT 2013 -- SINCE ABOUT 2018. WORDS WE USE TO DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM NEED TO BE UPDATED. IN CHARLIE’S CASE, THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE NEW STORY WOULD PROBABLY READ, COLLEG SENIOR DIES OF AN ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE AFTER TAKING A PERCOCET LACED WITH FENTANYL. THE ONLY ACCURATE PHRASE IN THAT SENTENCE IS COLLEGE STUDENT DIES. THE REST OF IT IS NOT ONL MISLEADING, IT IS MISINFORMATION AND IT IS CONFUSING. FO INSTANCE, WE HAVE COINED THE TERM FENTAPILLS TO DESCRIBE THESE PILLS. WE DID NOT SAY IT LACED WITH FENTANYL. THAT IS NOT WHAT HAPPENS. THESE ARE 100% FAKE. THESE ARE KILLER COUNTERFEITS. AS A RESULT, A DEATH FROM ONE OF THESE PILLS IS NOT AN OVERDOSE. WHEN WE USE THE WORD OVERDOS THE STIGMA OF ADDICTION CREEPS INTO A SCENARIO WHERE IT DOESN’T BELONG. THE ONUS HERE, THE BLAME BELONGS ON THE DEALER WHO SELLING COUNTERFEIT PILL UNDER FALSE PRETENSES TO AN UNWITTING VICTIM. THESE WORDS, USING LACED, OVERDOSE INSTEAD OF POISON, WHICH IS THE TERM WE PREFER, HAS REAL IMPLICATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FOR HOW THESE CASES ARE TRIED, AND FOR PUBLIC PERCEPTION. SO WE ARE DETERMINED TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE AROUND THIS PROBLEM SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT PROPERLY. BRIA QUICKLY, AND ABOUT 20 SECONDS, GIVE ME THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT PARENTS WATCHING RIGHT NOW TO KNOW. >> JUST PLEASE TALK TO YOUR KIDS, BE HONEST WITH YOUR KIDS, LET THEM BE HONEST WITH YOU. IF THEY NEED TO GET ON ANY KIND OF MEDICATION, GO TO THE DOCTOR. THERE IS NO SHAME IN THAT AT ALL. WE PREFER, GO FOR RUN. GO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IN HEALTHY WAY. THE PARENTS, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR KIDS. THERE’S BAD PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WANT TO HURT OUR KIDS AND HAVE HURT OUR KIDS. SO PLEASE, WE DON’T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYBODY ELSE. >> THESE PILLS ARE EVERYWHERE. NO MORE RANDOM PILLS. BRIAN: ED AND MARY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS FOR TELLING US ABOUT CHARLIE’S STORY AND GOOD LUCK MOVING FORWARD WITH A SONG FOR CHARLIE. SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS. HAVE YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WI YOUR FAMILY AND HOW DID YOU GO , ABOUT DOING THAT? YOU CAN SEND ME A COMMENT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. I’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU SO WE CAN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AT THE END OF THE SHOW. >> COMING UP, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR STORY WITH A DEEPER LOOK AT JUST HOW LARGE THIS PROBLEM HAS BECOME IN OUR REGIO >> WE HAVE SEEN A RIDICULOUS RISE IN FENTANYL RELATED DEATHS THAT ARE ACCIDENTAL. BRIAN: WHY THE COVID 19 PANDEM IS MAKING MATTERS WORSE. BRIAN: WELCOME BACK TO A KCRA 3 SPECIAL REPORT. TONIGHT, WE ARE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THE EPIDEMIC OF FENTANYL-RELATED DEATHS. FENTANYL IS A POWERFUL SYNTHETIC OPIOID AND IN THE RIGHT DOSAGE, DOCTORS CAN PRESCRIBE TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PAIN. BUT FOR DRUG DEALERS WHO ARE BENT ON INCREASING PROFITS AND HOOKING CLIENTS, EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS CAN HAVE DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. AT A TIME WHEN MORE AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ESCAPE PAIN, PILLS BOTH COUNTERFEIT AND REAL HAVE NEVER BEEN EASIER TO FIND. >> WE WOULD ALL SPEND TIME THINKING, I WONDER WHAT ZACH IS GOING TO DO BECAUSE WE KNEW WHATEVER HE WAS GOING TO DO HE WOULD BE THE BEST AT AND EVERYBODY AROUND HIM IS GOING TO LOVE IT. AND IT’S ALL GONE NOW. BRIAN: IF IT CAN HAPPEN TO HER SON ZACHARY, THEN IT CAN TRULY HAPPEN TO ANYONE. THE TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WAS THE VICTIM OF A GROWING AND TERRIFYING TREND OF FENTANYL POISONINGS. PEOPLE BEING SOLD FAKE PILLS ON THE BLACK MARKET, DISGUISED TO LOOK LIKE, PRESCRIPTION PAINKILLERS. >> I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THE CORNER CAME THE DATA FOUND ZACH. BRIAN: ZACK’S DAD SAID HE HAD NO CLUE, BUT THE CORNER SUSPECTED IT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY, AND SAID THIS TO HIM. >> IN OUR REGION, WE HAVE SEEN A RIDICULOUS RISE IN FENTANYL RELATED DEATHS THAT ARE ACCIDENTAL, AND IT’S A SEVERE PROBLEM. WE CAN’T KEEP UP WITH THIS. I DON’T WANT TO ALARM YOU, NOT THAT IT MAKES ANY DIFFERENCE, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER CASE. BRIAN: THE PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAID HE BELIEVES THE COUNTERFEIT FENTANYL PROBLEM HAS REACHED EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS. HE SAID ONE RECENT SEIZURE ALONE SAVED POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF LIVES. >> EVERY PILL OF A 21,000 PILL BUST WAS A LETHAL DOSE. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE WOULD HAVE BEEN LETHAL TO SOMEONE HAD THEY MADE IT TO THE END CONSUMER. BRIAN: FENTANYL PILLS ARE CHEAP FOR DEALERS TO MAKE AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAS MADE DISTRIBUTION EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE. FOR ZACH DIDIER, IT WAS A SIMPLE AS USING SNAP CHAT HIS PHONE. THANKS TO SOME METICULOUS POLICE WORK, THAT SAME PHONE IS EVIDENCE IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. IT WAS USED TO TRACK DOWN AND ARREST THE DEALERS SUSPECTED OF MEETINGS ACT. IT’S A RARE OUTCOME FOR A CASE LIKE THIS, AND A GLIMMER OF A SILVER LINING FOR THE FAMILY. >> WE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT FENTANYL AND FAKE PILLS AND DRUG DEALERS ON SNAPCHAT. THESE WEREN’T EVEN CONVERSATIONS WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO HAVE UNTIL AFTER OUR SON DIED. BRIAN: AND THAT IS WHY THE DIDIER FAMILY WANTED TO SHARE ZACH STORY, TO ARM FAMILIES WITH THE INFORMATION THEY DID NOT HAVE. THEY TOLD ME THEY FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT IF THEY HAD SEEN A SPECIAL REPORT LIKE THIS A FEW MONTHS AGO, THEY BELIEVE THAT WOULD STILL BE HERE WITH THEM. THE PLACER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE AND DECIDING WHICH CHARGES TO PURSUE. WE EXPECT AN UPDATE ON THAT VERY SOON. THE IDEA THAT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC IS LEADING TO MORE DEATHS IS NOT JUST A THEORY, IT IS FACT. JOINING US IS GARRETT STINSON WITH CORE MEDICAL CLINIC. FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY SEE THIS STORY TONIGHT. THEY WILL NOT HAVE HEARD OF THESE FAKE FENTANYL PILLS AND THAT THEY TAKE THE PLACE OF LEGITIMATE MEDICATION. GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW WIDESPREAD THIS IS? GARRETT: IT’S REALLY PREVALENT IN THIS BEEN A COUPLE OF LOCAL DEATHS, ONE IN FRESNO AND PLACER COUNTY THAT WILL HOPEFULLY DISRUPT THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND PEOPLE CAN ACCESS TREATMENT. IT’S A VERY TREATABLE DISEASE. ABOUT 10% OF THOSE WHO SUFFER WITH OPIOID DISEASE ACTUALLY RECEIVED TREATMENT. BRIAN: YOU TALKED ABOUT M-30 PILLS. WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT? GARRETT: IF YOU’RE NOT GETTING THEM DIRECTLY FROM A PHARMACY, YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH EXPECT THEY WILL HAVE FENTANYL IN THEM. FENTANYL CAN BE 50 TO 1000 TIMES MORE POTENT THAN HEROIN, SO WERE TALKING ABOUT IF SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T HAVE TOLERANCE OF OPIOIDS, IT DROPS PEOPLE LIKE FLIES. LOCAL HEROIN CURING RATES ARE AROUND 17%. WHEN FENTANYL COMES INTO TOWN, PEOPLE DO START DROPPING LIKE FLIES. BRIAN: WHAT SHOULD EVERYONE ASSUMED TO BE TRUE ABOUT THIS DRUG? >> AGAIN, IF YOU’RE NOT GETTING THEM DIRECTED FROM A PHARMACY, EXPECT THEM TO HAVE FENTANYL IN THEM. IT’S HIGHLY POTENT. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF FENTANYL TO GET YOU SUPERHIGH. THE HIGHER YOU GET, THE MORE INTENSE DRUG CRAVINGS ARE GOING TO GET WHICH WILL LEAD TO REPEATED USE, WHICH WILL LEAD TO ADDICTION. THESE M-30 PILLS HAVE HAD MULTIPLE OVERDOSES. THEY HAVE TO BE REVIVED EITHER BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, NOR CAN, OR RESCUE BREATHING. AS YOU SAW EARLIER TONIGHT, YOUR HEART GOES OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT IS ALL TOO COMMON THESE DAYS. BRIAN: ONE LAST QUESTION IN YOUR , EXPERIENCE HOW HAS COVID-19 IMPACTED THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSES OR FENTANYL RELATED DEATHS? >> YOU HAVE AN INCREASE IN ISOLATION, DEPRESSION, WE’VE HAD THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF OVERDOSES IN 2020, 36,000 OVERDOSES OF FENTANYL IN 2019. THAT NUMBER WILL CERTAINLY INCREASE IN 2020 ONCE IT’S I WOULD GUESS IT WOULD BE WELL OVER 2000 DUE TO THE INCREASE OF FENTANYL WE’VE SEEN IN CALIFORNIA. BRIAN: THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXPERTISE, WE APPRECIATED. KIDS AND ADULTS TOO ARE DEALING WITH STRESS AND ISOLATION THAT A LOT OF US EXPERIENCE AND YOU HEARD GARRETT TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.