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Father Who Lost Son to Fentanyl Shares Story as Warning to Other Parents
Last Updated: Wednesday May 15, 2024
(KABC-TV) As students head back to school, advocates for drug awareness are urging parents to be aware of the ongoing fentanyl epidemic.
For Ed Ternan, it means sharing the story about his son Charlie who died from a fentanyl overdose more than three years ago.
"God forbid your child is struck by a car or dies in a drowning accident; those are risks that somehow you have in the back of your brain - that's something that is on my worry list," said Ternan. "Death by a single pill is just devastating."