Fentanyl killed three young members of a Texas town within 28 hours. Now their moms are taking on the ‘devil’

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “And the thing that Covid did is, these people who are fragile in their recovery or early in their recovery, it cut them off from all the resources that they needed.” Mother of fatal Fentanyl victim warns of lethal drug's danger ‘I did everything I could’ The night before Alize died, she looked back at her family and told them she loved them, Ms Martinez recounted. “What’s changed and why this is so much more dramatically worse is that there is fentanyl in counterfeit pills, which kids, teenagers, young adults abuse,” Dr Deyhimy said. “Sounds like she would’ve been a terrific candidate, having struggled with fentanyl, having gone and sought out fentanyl, and trying to get sober, she should been on one of these protection drugs,” Dr Deyhimy said. “They were made to appear like the drug Percocet, which is highly abused, but it typically didn’t kill people.” “Somebody’s making these pills to look like the Percocet pill, but are lacing the pill with either all or some percentage of fentanyl that’s unknown.” Dr Deyhimy, whose clinic MYMATCLINIC specializes in medication-assisted addiction treament, told The Independent that there is a great disconnect between the current opioid crisis and the resources that are available for patients navigating sobriety.