Each family member, school district employee or member of law enforcement in attendance had been affected by fentanyl in some way, and they wanted Sen. John Cornyn to know.
Hays CISD 14-year-old student dies from suspected overdose, City of San Marcos says
San Marcos police are investigating, and the toxicology results are still pending. However, an accidental narcotics overdose is suspected, the City said. "It is beyond frustrating. It actually makes me angry that the federal government has not done its job, and we are trying to use every tool available to us to try to get the administration to pay attention to this," said Sen. Cornyn after the roundtable. "As a result of all of you telling the stories and having the courage, I truly believe a lot of other lives will be saved.Sen. Cornyn also heard from Hays CISD high school students on Thursday who are leading awareness efforts.
"Kevin, whose parents were here today, he went to our school," said Alyssa Jones, a junior. "Seeing that it’s not just an issue in our city, but within our own school, within this place that we go, and we expect to feel safe, that’s what hits hard." Jones believes making fentanyl test strips available is important so that students who do end up using drugs at least have a safeguard.multiple bills have been filedAt Johnson High School, where the roundtable discussion was held, Noah Rodriguez’s jersey number was just retired."I considered him like a little brother, you know, family to me," said Ryan Weeks, a junior at LHS and another member of the Hays CISD Student Advisory Council. "It truly hurt me to see that he was gone.
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