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California schools are battling a fentanyl crisis. Why are parents so oblivious?

Fentanyl is now responsible for one in five youth deaths in California. Schools – and parents – are finally catching up. Mike Bedigan and Josh Marcus report

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023

Mother sues school where her 15-year-old daughter died of fentanyl overdose

Melanie Ramos, was found dead on 13 September at Helen Bernstein High School in Los Angeles

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Hollywood school took 8 hours to find teen overdose victim in bathroom, mother's lawsuit alleges

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos was missing for eight hours before she was found dead of suspected fentanyl poisoning in a Hollywood school bathroom this year, the 15-year-old's mother and her lawyers said Wednesday in announcing a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 15, 2022

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Teen deaths from fentanyl rising quickly: 'It has a hold on me, and I don't know why'

LOS ANGELES — The summer before 14-year-old Alexander Neville would have entered high school, he sat both of his parents down at the kitchen table in their Aliso Viejo home and told them he'd been taking Oxycontin pills he bought on Snapchat.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 12, 2022

Student suffers possible drug overdose Friday at Bernstein High School

LOS ANGELES — A 17-year-old student was hospitalized for a possible drug overdose at Helen Bernstein High School on Friday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 16, 2022

Commentary: Fentanyl feels like the monster coming for our kids. How do parents talk about it?

It’s been a banner few years for parents having to talk about deadly things with their children. A pandemic. Mass shootings. Climate change. The end of democracy.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 4, 2022

After student's death, LA schools to carry overdose antidote

The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide all its schools with a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

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‘One pill kills’: Student’s overdose death prompts urgent action among educators, police

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos, a 15-year-old student who died of a drug overdose this week at Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood, loved to travel, dreamed of one day joining the Army and was best friends with her sisters.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 18, 2022

‘I think we were failed’: Family mourns girl who died of possible fentanyl overdose at Hollywood school

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos, a 15-year-old student at Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood, loved to travel and dreamed of one day joining the Army.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

Teen boys arrested after girl, 15, overdoses on fentanyl at high school campus

Melanie Ramos found dead inside bathroom stall at Bernstein High School in California

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

Hollywood school student detained in connection with teen girl’s fentanyl overdose death

LOS ANGELES — A Bernstein High School student was detained Thursday in connection with the death of another student who died at the Hollywood school after ingesting fentanyl-laced pills, according to authorities.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 15, 2022

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