As communities across the nation grapple with a surge in opioid overdose deaths, a growing number of families are left devastated by the sudden loss of their loved ones.
And many are fighting for change.
"You say, 'overdose', and it seems to indicate that someone took too much. But that can't be further from the truth," Laura Lynch said. "It's a poisoning."
Lynch's daughter Brillion died from fentanyl poisoning six days after her 18th birthday. She bought what she thought was Percocet from a dealer via Instagram at a Redmond skate park on April 3, 2021. She came home feeling tired and irritable. Her mom told her she should take a nap.
"And then when I went to check on her, she was gone," Lynch said. The pain is still too difficult to bare. "She died from only half of a pill."
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