Family pushes for change after daughter unknowingly takes fentanyl, dies of overdose
An Oklahoma family바카라 게임 웹사이트s 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.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Aug. 6, it was probably about 11 or 11:30 at night, I was actually in bed and they had called my wife바카라 게임 웹사이트s phone to inform us that she was at the emergency room,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Keith Montgomery said.
Montgomery will never forget the night he lost his daughter, Lea Marie.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The doctor came in and told us that she had passed away, and it was a fentanyl overdose,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Montgomery said.
But Lea Marie never intended to take fentanyl.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Going 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,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics spokesman Mark Woodward said.
Woodward has tracked these laced pills since they made their way to Oklahoma.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We had eight overdose deaths within about a six-to-seven-day period,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Woodward said.
Montgomery admits his daughter had her struggles with addictions.
바카라 게임 웹사이트She was just adventurous and she was a leader. She wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t a follower,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트She 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.
바카라 게임 웹사이트You can바카라 게임 웹사이트t make people go to treatment. You can바카라 게임 웹사이트t make people quit whatever they바카라 게임 웹사이트re doing. It바카라 게임 웹사이트s until they바카라 게임 웹사이트re ready to get the help. And so one day she called and she said, 바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m ready for help.바카라 게임 웹사이트바카라 게임 웹사이트
And Lea Marie did get help. She went to rehab, moved into a sober living house and was baptized.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Commented about this was the most wonderful time of her life. She had found her faith, her family, her friends,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Montgomery said.
Lea Marie had taken a job working for the very program that helped her get sober. She had found her calling 바카라 게임 웹사이트 helping others get sober and find faith.
Then, just two days before her 31st birthday 바카라 게임 웹사이트 after nearly four years of sobriety 바카라 게임 웹사이트 Lea Marie relapsed.
바카라 게임 웹사이트It was one night she decided to take a pill. But she didn바카라 게임 웹사이트t know what was in it, and unfortunately, the first time after being clean and sober, it killed her,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Montgomery said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트I was fortunate because we knew where she had gotten them through the police. So, we were able to track it back to the dealer.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has made a priority of holding drug producers and distributors accountable.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We are making the decision to charge drug traffickers with first-degree murder,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.
Hunter and his team have recommended a bill that would give them more power to prosecute traffickers of fentanyl.
바카라 게임 웹사이트When you바카라 게임 웹사이트ve got a drug like this, which is fundamentally and demonstrably deadly, we just think 바카라 게임 웹사이트 we think the law needs to be stricter. We think the punishment needs to be more severe,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hunter said.
The attorney general바카라 게임 웹사이트s office charged the man who sold laced pills to Lea Marie with first-degree murder. He바카라 게임 웹사이트s at the Oklahoma County Jail awaiting trial.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m sure that he바카라 게임 웹사이트s being prosecuted to the limits of the law, and please tell Mr. Montgomery that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hunter said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트But there바카라 게임 웹사이트s a time, and that time is now, to hold people accountable. They바카라 게임 웹사이트re killing people, and they don바카라 게임 웹사이트t care,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Montgomery said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트My daughter바카라 게임 웹사이트s life was worth probably a $40 pill. That바카라 게임 웹사이트s not right. When you lose a child, it바카라 게임 웹사이트s really just 바카라 게임 웹사이트 it changes your life from that point on forever. It really tears part of your heart out.바카라 게임 웹사이트