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FULL INTERVIEW: Parents of Plano teen who died from fentanyl hope sharing her story will help others
Sienna Vaughn thought it was a common painkiller, instead, it had a deadly dose of fentanyl.
PLANO, Texas - Plano ISD will host a panel discussion Tuesday night about the potent drug fentanyl.
Last month, a Plano Senior High School junior overdosed and died.
The parents of 16-year-old Sienna Vaughn said she took one pill that was laced with fentanyl.
Stock image of fentanyl (Source: DEA)
RELATED: Parents of Plano teen who died from fentanyl hope sharing Sienna's story will help others
They later learned she had purchased the pill from someone who told her it was Percocet, a prescription pain medication.
"They didn’t know what they had. They didn’t know it was fentanyl," said Stephanie Vaughn, Sienna’s mother.
Texas bill would classify fentanyl overdoses as poisonings, allowing murder charges for dealers
Senate Bill 645 passed unanimously this week, allowing medical examiners to designate fentanyl deaths as poisonings. This will allow prosecutors to charge distributors with murder.
In 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration said it seized more than 11 million fake prescription pills with deadly doses of fentanyl.
Many are being sold on school campuses.
Flower Mound 18-year-old accused of supplying fentanyl-laced pills to teen dealers
Federal investigators arrested Brinson Wednesday, describing him as a major supplier of deadly fentanyl-laced pills being used by middle and high school students in Carrollton.
Plano ISD hopes to get that message across to parents.
"We think that there’s a lot of information that’s being collected by the police and the hospitals, and even doctors, you know, school people, that is not really getting rolled out to the community fast enough," Sienna’s father, Ryan Vaughn, added.
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Dallas launches campaign to combat fentanyl crisis
The city of Dallas is working to launch a new campaign it hopes will save lives and focus a spotlight on the dangers of fentanyl. Dallas City Council member Paula Blackmon joined Good Day to talk about how it's funded and how it will work.
The panel discussion about fentanyl starts at 6 p.m. at the Plano ISD Administration Building.
Plano police are also hosting a forum on fentanyl next week at the Plano Events Center.