Nampa mom shares story of son's overdose

Nampa mom shares story of son's overdose

Nampa Police are warning the public about a drug circulating the community that they believe is tied to three overdoses in the last two days.

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I'MKAREN LEHR..A DANGEROUS DRUGIS CIRCULATING INTHE TREASUREVALLEY -- BELIEVEDTO BE THE CAUSE OFAT LEAST THREEOVERDOSES IN TWODAYS.NAMPA POLICEBELIEVE THE SMALL..ROUND BLUE PILLS..ARE BEINGDISTRIBUTED UNDERTHE GUISE OFOXYCONTIN..BUT INSTEAD ... THEYBELIEVE IT IS ANEXTREMELY POTENT-- ILLEGAL DRUG --THAT COULD BEDEADLY.SIX ON YOUR SIDE'SANNA SILVER SATDOWN WITH ATREASURE VALLEYMOM... WHOSETEENAGE SON ISSTILL IN THEHOSPITAL..RECOVERING FROMAN OVERDOSE."I WANT OTHERPARENTS TO BEAWARE THAT THEREIS SOMETHING BADOUT THERE AND OURKIDS HAVE ACCESSTO IT."CHER GRAY SAYS SHEAND HER FAMILYWENTSNOWBOARDING ATBOGUS BASIN FRIDAYNIGHT...IT WAS ABOUT ONEA-M BEFORE THEYGOT HOME AND WENTTO BED.THEN AROUND TWOA-M, HER DAUGHTERWOKE UP -- HEARINGHER BROTHER,QUINTON,STRUGGLING TOBREATHE."SHE CAME IN, WOKEUS UP AND TOLD USHE WOULDN'T WAKEUP AND HE WASHAVING A HARD TIMEBREATHING.

I WENTIN AND I SAW HIMTHERE, HE WASCOMPLETELY PALE,FACE WAS PURPLE,LIPS WERE BRIGHTPURPLE.

HE WASNON-RESPONSIVE."SHE SAYS SHE ANDHER HUSBAND,JASON BEGAN C-P-RWHILE THEY CALLED9-1-1..WHEN THEY ARRIVEDPARAMEDICSADMINISTEREDTHREE DOSES OFNARCAN."MY HUSBAND HADASKED ME TO FINDOUT FROM THE BOYWHO HAD SPENT THENIGHT AT OUR HOUSEWHAT IT WAS THATHE HAD TAKEN ANDHE HAD DESCRIBEDIT AS JUST A BLUEPILL."CHERE SAYSQUINTON WASRUSHED TO SAINTCHERE SAYSQUINTON WASRUSHED TO SAINTAL'S... WHERE HERECEIVED THREEMORE DOSES OFNARCAN"THE DOCTORS SAIDHE SHOULDN'T BEALIVE, THAT HE,BASED ON SOME OFTHE TEST RESULTSHE RECEIVED, HEWAS PROBABLYSTARTING TO SHUTDOWN AND HAD WEWAITED A MINUTE ORTWO LONGER OURSON WOULD BEGONE."HER SON TOLD HERHE THOUGHT THEDRUG WASOXYCONTIN, BUT SHESAYS TOXICOLOGYRESULTS SHOW ITWAS MOST LIKELY ASYNTHETIC DRUGLACED WITHFENTANYL."IT WAS BEINGADVERTISED ONSNAPCHAT BYPEOPLE SELLING ITAND UNFORTUNATELYI'M NOT REAL SUREHOW SNAP CHATWORKS.

MY KIDS ARENOT ALLOWED TOHAVE IT.

WE FOUNDTHAT THEY CAN ADDAND GO AHEAD ANDDELETE IT."SHE SAYS THEIRFAMILY IS LUCKY, BUTSHE HOPES THISDOESN'T HAPPEN TOANYONE ELSE."ALL THAT FLASHEDFROM MY HEAD WASBRINGING THISLITTLE BABY HOMEFROM THE HOSPITALNEARLY SIXTEENYEARS AGO AND THEFUNNY LITTLE KIDAND JOKSTER HE ISAND HOW HE LOVEDTO DANCE AND MAKEPEOPLE LAUGH.

IMUST HAVE MADEEVERY DEAL IN THEWORLD THAT NIGHTWITH GOD ANDBEGGING MY SONJUST PLEASE DON'TLEAVE ME.

ALL IULD PICTURE WAS TNSILVER SIX ONUSIDE.GRAY SAYS HEAND EXPECTED TOMAKE A FULLRECOVERY.ANYONE WITHINFORMATION THATCOULD HELP POLICE..IS URGED TOCONTACT NAMPA P-D.