SAN ANTONIO — According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, fentanyl is the deadliest drug facing the country. The agency says most of the fake pills are tested in their lab, and contain a lethal dose of fentanyl. The agency also say other Illicit drugs seized contain fentanyl.
Veronica Kaposy, who lost her daughter Danica to Fentanyl poisoning in July of 2022, says she is now her daughters voice.
"My daughter didn't die in vain," said Kaposy.
Veronica says Danica was a typical teen at 17 years old, a senior in high school, and just beginning to live life.
"She suffered from insomnia, and food allergies. We just think that whatever we were doing holistically, wasn't working for her, and so she took something else stronger, got that one pill and never woke up," said Kaposy.
One Pill Can Kill has been the DEA's slogan for Fentanyl since 2021. On Friday the agency hosted the 2nd annual family summit with the focus on fentanyl.
"You might try it once and that might be it, and it's a gamble."
The summit invites families who lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning to share their stories, network, and understand the investigation process.
"We have to be out. We have to be speaking about this constantly. We have to educate people. When you educate people that message multiplies and they go out and educate other people," said Sally Sparks, DEA Spokesperson, Houston Field Division.
The agency says they can't sound the alarm enough on how deadly fentanyl is and how devastating it has become and how communities get impacted.
Impacts like the impact on Veronica Kaposy, who says she wants to spread awareness and a message to other parents, so they don't have to experience the pain she experiences everyday.
"Don't think like it can't happen to you, be proactive, think like it can happen to you," said Kaposy.
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