“My daughter didn’t stand a chance.”
Owen's daughter, Talaia, was found on her grandmother's bed unconscious from what was later determined as fentanyl poisoning. She was without oxygen to her brain for 38 minutes. "My daughter didn't stand a chance..." Owen reflects.
Talaia took what she thought was a painkiller for her cramps; she didn’t know it was a fake laced with fentanyl.
In Sacramento County, 98% of street drugs are fake and 99% contain deadly fentanyl.
Source: SAC County DA Crime Lab
Fentanyl-Involved Deaths, 2021
Fentanyl-Involved Deaths, 2022
In 2020, fentanyl was the #1 cause of death for Americans ages 18-45, surpassing suicide, COVID-19, and car crashes.
Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
In 2021, about 2/3 of all overdose deaths in the United States involved fentanyl overdose or poisoning.
Source: Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
