Brittany Freeman

6 days ago | scrippsnews.com | Lori Jane Gliha |Brittany Freeman

A recent investigation by Scripps News has highlighted the growing trend of states implementing and considering laws mandating fentanyl testing, a move that some families say has saved lives. Notably, one family in California credits a fentanyl test at their local hospital with saving the lives of their five-month-old twin babies. The parents of the twins reported that, during their hospital visit, a required test detected fentanyl in the infants' systems.

6 days ago | tmj4.com | Lori Jane Gliha |Brittany Freeman |Tony Aria

A recent investigation by Scripps News has highlighted the growing trend of states implementing and considering laws mandating fentanyl testing, a move that some families say has saved lives. Notably, one family in California credits a fentanyl test at their local hospital with saving the lives of their five-month-old twin babies. The parents of the twins reported that, during their hospital visit, a required test detected fentanyl in the infants' systems.

1 week ago | scrippsnews.com | Lori Jane Gliha |Brittany Freeman

Four lives may have been saved the day Lauren Hinton rushed her 5-month-old son to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in January 2024. Hinton, 31, said she noticed her infant periodically seemed to be gagging on his saliva in previous weeks. One medical professional had passed it off as acid reflux, but Hinton noticed it was getting worse. On the day she hurried to that southern California emergency department, the issue had become so severe she worried her baby might die.

3 weeks ago | scrippsnews.com | Lori Jane Gliha |Brittany Freeman

When Aviyana Montoya died in 2022, the toddler had ingested so much fentanyl a prosecutor said it was “10 times the amount” that would kill an adult. She was “cold to the touch” when adults found her unresponsive in her bedroom, and when paramedics arrived, they said “signs of rigor mortis” had already taken effect.

4 weeks ago | scrippsnews.com | Brittany Freeman |Lori Jane Gliha

A police officer’s body-worn camera captured the scene in New York after authorities received a 911 call reporting an 11-month-old baby was unresponsive. “He’s gasping,” the child’s mother explained to first responders as she cradled him in her arms in a Lake Grove home in January 2024. As the baby struggled to breathe in an ambulance, first responders noticed the pupils of his eyes appeared to be small and “pinpoint” — a sign the baby may have ingested an opioid.