Author: Witness of Grief

The fentanyl crisis leaves behind stories that break you. Take Alexandra Capelouto, 20, home from Arizona State University for Christmas 2019 in Temecula, California. She bought what she thought was a Percocet pill off Snapchat, took half before bed, and never woke up. Her father, Matt, found her lifeless, his world collapsing. “She was my everything,” he’s said, now fighting through “Alexandra’s Law” to punish dealers like the one who sold her that fentanyl-laced death. Then there’s Alexander Neville, just 14, from Aliso Viejo, California. In 2020, he swallowed a pill he believed was oxycodone, chasing relief from teenage struggles.…

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