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Colorado 13-year-old boy dies of suspected fentanyl overdose

A 13-year-old boy died of a suspected fentanyl overdose just two days into his eighth grade.

Jose Hernandez Grandmother at Fox 31 Her Denver at her home in Aurora, Colorado earlier this month with her head hanging from the sink said he found a teenage boy.

"I started screaming when I saw him dead," said Margarita Hernandez.

Hernandez died just two days after starting eighth grade.
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The teenager's mouth and veins are purple and his body is cold. However, Jose's uncle Abisade Hernandez told the outlet.

They tried to revive him, but it was too late.

Hernandezes believes that Jose was given a fentanyl tablet by a classmate of his, but he did not understand the dangers the drug posed.

This "energetic" teenager probably took the pill out of curiosity, he said, Abisaid.

"We must stop this pandemic of fentanyl overdose," Abicide said. "It's ruining communities. It's ruining our children."

 United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) It is estimated that more than 108,000 people in the United States died from drug overdoses between February 2021 and February 2022. More than 70% of them involved fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.  

In 2021,more than 71,000 people in the United States died from overdoses of fentanyl and synthetic opioids. This is his 23% increase from 2020. county of the year.

The Aurora Police Department told the Post the investigation was still open because detectives from the Child Crime Unit were waiting for Jose's toxicology report back. .

Fentanyl and synthetic opioids deaths account for roughly 66% of the overdoses in the county that year.
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"Detectives are children." may be looking into where he got the drug, we don't know it yet, so it was certainly the drug...but if that happens, the detective will be wondering what the next steps are.

In addition to his grandmother and uncle, Jose leaves behind two younger siblings and a mother, Damaris Hernandez.

Margarita, who has been raising her three grandchildren since 2013,raised her funds on her GoFundMe page and brought Damaris to her home in Mexico. I'm trying to take her out of her home to the state and have her attend her son's funeral as well. to cover her burial expenses.

"He loved his family and he always had a smile on his face," writes Margarita. "Jose expressed and showed kindness to everyone in his community, including strangers. My grandson left an imprint on the hearts of all of our family."