When Emery Patterson was suffering from a fentanyl poisoning due to his mother’s drug use in Scottsdale, Arizona, in 2022, his mother, Gabrielle Marshall, Googled whether she might be imprisoned if she called for help.
She texted her friend to request Narcan, an opioid reversal medication, but ultimately waited too long to seek professional medical help, and the little boy, who was just one year old, died.
In 2023, an eight-month-old baby, Serenity Hernandez, died of a fentanyl poisoning in Avondale, Arizona, after she was found unresponsive and turning purple in bed…