<p class="p1">A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> teenager has been charged with murder for allegedly dealing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fentanyl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fentanyl</a> drugs to another teen which led to an overdose fatality.</p>
<p class="p1">Eighteen-year-old Alfred Urrea issued a non-guilty plea and is being held on a $1 million bail with a pre-preliminary hearing set for Tuesday. Adrian Alloway, another 18 year old, passed away from a fentanyl overdose at the end of August.</p>
<p class="p1">This is the second time San Bernardino County authorities have brought murder charges due to a fentanyl poisoning.</p>
<p class="p1">“In cases such as this, where murder is alleged, we believe we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt the dealer knowingly understood the dangers of fentanyl, and still chose profits over human life when supplying drugs to the victim,” District Attorney Jason Anderson <a href="https://sbcountyda.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2022/09/Urrea-Press-Release-Final-1.pdf">said</a>.</p>
<p class="p1">Fentanyl is a growing problem, especially among young people across the country.</p>
<p class="p1">In California, a 15-year-old girl <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-teen-charged-murder-providing-fentanyl-drug-overdose-victim">died</a> after taking a drug she thought was Percocet, but had fentanyl in it, leading to a manslaughter charge for another teen. A 14-year-old Californian also passed away this month following an overdose from drugs contaminated with fentanyl.</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;This is a scourge and an epidemic that is going on across the country,&#8221; Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said after the 15-year-old’s death. &#8220;It is unacceptable, but it is even more unacceptable when it impacts the youth of our community. There is no excuse for that nor is there tolerance for that.&#8221;</p>
<p class="p1">This month, the California Department of Public Health Director and State Public Health Officer Tomás J. Aragón, <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/sapb/Pages/Rainbow-Fentanyl-Alert.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> a warning over “brightly-colored fentanyl (referred to as rainbow fentanyl).”</p>
<p class="p1">Aragón’s release noted that opioid-related overdose fatalities in Californians ages 10-19 went up 407% from 2018 to 2020, and was “largely driven by fentanyl.” Fentanyl-related overdose fatalities among the same demographic went up 625% from 2018 to 2020.</p>
<p class="p1">Schools have responded, with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) providing <a href="https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/naloxone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">naloxone</a>, an opioid overdose reversal medication, to its schools. The move impacts almost 1,400 schools — from elementary to high school. School law enforcement officers will also be provided with the reversal medication. The action came after nine teenagers in the district recently overdosed.</p>
<p class="p1">&#8220;Research shows that the availability of <span class="s2">naloxone along with overdose education</span> is effective at decreasing overdoses and death and will save lives,&#8221; LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/los-angeles-unified-naxolone-schools-teens-overdose" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement last week. &#8220;We will do everything in our power to ensure that not another student in our community is a victim to the growing opioid epidemic. Keeping students safe and healthy remains our highest priority.&#8221;</p>
<p>Country singer Luke Bell recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/country-star-luke-bells-cause-of-death-revealed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> away from a fentanyl overdose, as well.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/amanda-harding" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amanda Harding</a> contributed to this report.</em></p>

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