Their loss left them devastated, but three local moms whose children died from fentanyl poisoning are now at the forefront of helping other families avoid the same tragedy.

Carol Schweigert, Lori Carpenter, and Genevieve Pehlivanian are all involved in promoting education about the dangers of this powerful and too often deadly opioid.

Schweigert’s son Trey thought he was taking a Percocet pain pill, as did Pehlivanian’s son Trygve, but both unintentionally ingested lethal doses of fentanyl. Carpenter’s son, Garrett Arendse, was with friends when he thought he was taking Percocet, but a single pill proved deadly.
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