Fentanyl Is In Our Communities

A dose as small as three grains of sale can be lethal. _e drugs you think you are getting from someone other than a licensed pharmacy can be laced with the smallest amount of fentanyl and a one time experiment can end your life.

  • Jeffrey Baptiste thought he was taking a Percocet. A short time later he was gone. The autopsy revealed a dosage large enough to kill three people in his sytem. This is not a big city problem. This is right here. Photo provided
    Jeffrey Baptiste thought he was taking a Percocet. A short time later he was gone. The autopsy revealed a dosage large enough to kill three people in his sytem. This is not a big city problem. This is right here. Photo provided
  • Melissa Baptiste said this was the last family photo taken before her son Jeffrey died. She said she doesn’t want others to go through this. She wants people to know it is here and it is lethal. She said there are other families in the area who are struggling with the loss of a loved one to Fentanyl. Photo provided
    Melissa Baptiste said this was the last family photo taken before her son Jeffrey died. She said she doesn’t want others to go through this. She wants people to know it is here and it is lethal. She said there are other families in the area who are struggling with the loss of a loved one to Fentanyl. Photo provided
    Some call it an overdose, others call it poisoning, and then there are those that call it murder. Fentanyl is not the drug of choice for most, it is a deadly opioid laced with other drugs that can be and has been deadly. Surely that isn’t a problem in small-town Oklahoma. This is a problem in other states or in big cities. Not anymore. It is happening in our communities. I...

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