Illicit Fentanyl Acutely Impacts California Children, Say Parents, Experts

Published on August 25, 2024

Major Manning of Mountain House, California, was just 17 when he took a single Percocet pain pill—but he didn’t know it was laced with the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl. The drug ultimately took his life in 2023, and what happened to him is becoming increasingly commonplace in California. In July, a 22-year-old Los Angeles woman, Jestice James, was charged with two counts of murder related to the deaths of her twin 3-year-old sons who died from alleged exposure to fentanyl in the home, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The same month, parents Austin and Carla Veltri of Apple Valley, California were arrested after allegedly exposing their infant daughter to fentanyl, which resulted in her hospitalization....

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