Family pushes for change after daughter unknowingly takes fentanyl, dies of overdose
An Oklahoma family맥스카지노s world was turned upside down when they got the news that their daughter had died of a fentanyl overdose.
It turns out, what she thought was an oxycodone pill turned out to be a deadly counterfeit.
맥스카지노Aug. 6, it was probably about 11 or 11:30 at night, I was actually in bed and they had called my wife맥스카지노s phone to inform us that she was at the emergency room,맥스카지노 Keith Montgomery said.
Montgomery will never forget the night he lost his daughter, Lea Marie.
맥스카지노The doctor came in and told us that she had passed away, and it was a fentanyl overdose,맥스카지노 Montgomery said.
But Lea Marie never intended to take fentanyl.
맥스카지노Going back almost five years when we started to see different drug organizations basically purchasing black market fentanyl and pressing it to look like U.S. pharmaceuticals,맥스카지노 Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward said.
Woodward has tracked these laced pills since they made their way to Oklahoma.
맥스카지노We had eight overdose deaths within about a six-to-seven-day period,맥스카지노 Woodward said.
Montgomery admits his daughter had her struggles with addictions.
맥스카지노She was just adventurous and she was a leader. She wasn맥스카지노t a follower,맥스카지노 he said. 맥스카지노She led the group wherever she was. It was heartbreaking to see that because you just never expect your child to be involved in it to that level.
맥스카지노You can맥스카지노t make people go to treatment. You can맥스카지노t make people quit whatever they맥스카지노re doing. It맥스카지노s until they맥스카지노re ready to get the help. And so one day she called and she said, 맥스카지노I맥스카지노m ready for help.맥스카지노맥스카지노
And Lea Marie did get help. She went to rehab, moved into a sober living house and was baptized.
맥스카지노Commented about this was the most wonderful time of her life. She had found her faith, her family, her friends,맥스카지노 Montgomery said.
Lea Marie had taken a job working for the very program that helped her get sober. She had found her calling 맥스카지노 helping others get sober and find faith.
Then, just two days before her 31st birthday 맥스카지노 after nearly four years of sobriety 맥스카지노 Lea Marie relapsed.
맥스카지노It was one night she decided to take a pill. But she didn맥스카지노t know what was in it, and unfortunately, the first time after being clean and sober, it killed her,맥스카지노 Montgomery said. 맥스카지노I was fortunate because we knew where she had gotten them through the police. So, we were able to track it back to the dealer.맥스카지노
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has made a priority of holding drug producers and distributors accountable.
맥스카지노We are making the decision to charge drug traffickers with first-degree murder,맥스카지노 he said.
Hunter and his team have recommended a bill that would give them more power to prosecute traffickers of fentanyl.
맥스카지노When you맥스카지노ve got a drug like this, which is fundamentally and demonstrably deadly, we just think 맥스카지노 we think the law needs to be stricter. We think the punishment needs to be more severe,맥스카지노 Hunter said.
The attorney general맥스카지노s office charged the man who sold laced pills to Lea Marie with first-degree murder. He맥스카지노s at the Oklahoma County Jail awaiting trial.
맥스카지노I맥스카지노m sure that he맥스카지노s being prosecuted to the limits of the law, and please tell Mr. Montgomery that,맥스카지노 Hunter said.
맥스카지노But there맥스카지노s a time, and that time is now, to hold people accountable. They맥스카지노re killing people, and they don맥스카지노t care,맥스카지노 Montgomery said. 맥스카지노My daughter맥스카지노s life was worth probably a $40 pill. That맥스카지노s not right. When you lose a child, it맥스카지노s really just 맥스카지노 it changes your life from that point on forever. It really tears part of your heart out.맥스카지노