FENTANYL POISONING: Tucker Roe's Story 

Bless you.

I'm sorry that happened to you. I had a really rough childhood also..several different types of abuse from my narcissist father. I did get into drugs as a teenager, looking back I was definitely self medicating that trauma away The thing is, I had to grow up to understand that the drugs do nothing to help the situation. Those problems were still waiting for me when the high was gone. It's sad that so many of these kids that are no longer here weren't allowed to live through those mistakes and grow up and learn those important lessons. These kids needed counseling and therapy, the drugs don't love you

This is horrible to hear, we can't choose family but friends are different and if making friends is difficult ( I don't have any ) I'm not lonely because I have a dog !@@❤ best friend forever 💕 and if you can't own a Pet, voluntarios at sheltets are always welcome xx to walk ,talk, read to the little fellas that nobody wants, best thing u can do , for both of you Good luck xxxc

@lorrainedunlop5512 Thank you. We, my son, and I, have a dog, Cesaer, picture in my profile. He's been with us for 10 years. He was there when my husband, and son's father, passed 6 years ago. He died as a result of long term depression, and bpd. We, doggo included, miss him still, every passing day. Cesaer has been our rock, so to speak.

Same here.

13 is nothing! This is murder

Thank you!

Thanks for the update

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I feel sorry for the dealer as well. We need to do better as a country to provide for and protect our people

Fent dealers should be charged with murder and face the DP.

@@rockstarofredondo absolutely

Why should they go to jail when the GOVERNMENT allowed the BIGGEST drug dealers (PHARM and THE SACKLER FAMILY) to walk free with their billions of wealth AND OxyContin is still being prescribed!!

@@DeathSpellXVI maybe you should respect this family’s passed loved one and not comment, I think his mom would appreciate it. You know it goes both ways so what’s your point

@@prettydalila Don't hate the game, hate the players. Without the players there is no game. People need money to feed their families. People choose to buy drugs, nobodies forcing them. Respect? Its just called honesty. Its sad and stuff but its crazy how people willingly taking drugs, and dying, get more coverage than some murder cases. Im 14 years old and would never take drugs, yet this girl did. If a 14 year old has more self control we have bigger problems.

Yes arrest em 😡🙏🍻only drink a beer plz

There was a huge bust in Michigan too.

I wonder what they do with thoae drugs..

@@audraarndt1824 That is great news! Thank you for sharing that. It seems we are finally starting to make progress. Sadly tho, how many more will have to die....It shouldn't even be crossing boarders. 💔🌹

@@losheroes6076 Maybe keep as evidence along with the money. Then, the drugs are destroyed in due course. Depending on the laws of the country, the money will be allocated.

Congratulations!! I’m also a year as of May 7th! Best year of my life despite loosing my mom 2 weeks ago. She was old and sick but I was present for her daily and I’m so grateful for that. I pray you have continued success, God bless you and keep you!💜🙏💜

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!! You got this! Im 814 days sober and I never felt so good

Praying for your continued sobriety ❤

glad you made it through...hope you remain sober the rest of your life...congrats...

i def do thx

Same. My husband is a teacher. One pill can kill. Spread the word.

It's also to do with Corporate America flooding the streets with their new invention.

Absolutely! I lost my 22 year old son to a brain injury. It’s hell! This can be prevented.

Always!🌻

I wish you the best, you deserve the best! 🖤

The delusion of youthful invincibility, created by a second removed from death.

@@mjanny6330I love this response.

Yup that doesn't make sense

It is. Years ago, my cousin was living with my husband and me. He told us he had used pretty much every drug, except heroin, and said he was never going to try heroin because it was so addictive. But he did use heroin eventually. He told us he had bought it from a dealer he had known for many years. The guy begged him not to start with heroin. He showed my cousin all the old track marks and scars from his own years as an IV drug user, between his toes, in his groin… he said you’re more likely to die from the addiction than recover from it. But my cousin said he would just go and find another dealer, so the guy sold to him. This is one of the happy endings, at least so far. It’s been 22 years. It took years in a state rehab facility, years of going to the clinic every day for methadone, but he is clean. Fentanyl wasn’t part of the picture then. An addict today might not have years to fight their addiction. We are not going to be able to arrest our way out of this. We need to figure out why people are still buying illegal drugs, knowing that fentanyl has created a kind of Russian Roulette, knowing how high the likelihood is that they could die from one dose.

What a mom. She has a neckless with his name around her neck and a tattoo of his face on her arm.

We see a lot of similar billboards in Houston. All the faces on the billboards we see are stories that are part of our series.

​@TexasPictures i think ive seen one here!

Me, too, on all points. I’m so sorry for the loss of your friend.

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Praying for you and your family

Thank you for your comment, and kindness! We miss our boy! ❤

@@txaf-pi8qj I'm soo sorry for your loss. I also lost my son 6yrs ago to fentanyl and this could have been my story as well. My son became addicted over the summer and i found him deceased in our home on xmas eve morning. He also was " drug curious" like Tucker, a smart, inquisitive, kind and loving son. I still cry all the time just thinking about him and can't beleive this happened. As one mom to another, may you find some peace. sending lots of hugs and love your way. 💔

@@JesusGodHolySpirit3 Addiction is very powerful. It's possible to be very smart and still lose out to it. Those of us who aren't addicted to substances have no real way of knowing how powerful the call can be.

@@JesusGodHolySpirit3 how cruel. If addiction had anything to do with logic or intelligence or reasoning, there would be no addiction. That’s why it’s called addiction because it rules over logic, intelligence, and reasoning.

@@JesusGodHolySpirit3 you fancy yourself religious yet here you are mocking a dead boy in the comments of his own mother's video. If there really are devils surely you are one of them. You, your hypocrisy, and your mean spiritedness are exactly what is driving the younger generations away from religion.

@@JesusGodHolySpirit3 It didn’t matter how bright he was - the addiction to this poisonous drug was stronger. Can’t you understand, they’re flooding the streets with this poison which is deliberately killing our young..

Right. Powerful.

Duh you dont experiment with drugs period! Common sense!

@@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl Teenagers aren't famous for common sense. Duh yourself, shitbird.

It does sound very unforgiving.

I know

​@@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl duh u don't live in the real world then george! Kids experiment! When I was a teenager it was ecstasy. We all heard the stories of how it could kill but when ur young u think your invincible. You couldn't pay me today to take it but when ur young it's so different!

These videos should be shown in ALL schools, like we used to see MADD and cars total by drunk drivers! I’m 58 and still remember the impact. How about these poor moms, dads,sisters and brothers talk in schools 🏫 maybe instead of drag story time. Please Jesus we pray to you, the only 1 !!!!!!!!!!!

They do watch. That’s not how addiction works.

@@leanne_the_metal_girl addiction is extremely complex, you are right. There isn’t one magic cure, I am aware, but if we take many small steps we might get somewhere better. If kids at least start sharing more with people they trust, who knows, maybe that “small” thing could save them. Xx

It can't hurt. But people already know that addiction breaks hearts.

​@@barbaramcastromost kids think shit won't happen to them. Even some parents think it won't happen to their kids either. I noticed the majority of the kids shown on this channel look like they cone from upper class homes with parents with nice jobs, live in nice huge homes have good jobs & everyone in the home drives nice new vehicles.

So true I'm glad to never be a father because of this.

Loosing a mother and losing a child is the absolute worst thing to happen to someone

*losing

Typical druggie

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My daughter woke up to her best friend dead next to her, she had 8 times the lethal limit of Fentanyl in her system. My daughter had to do CPR on her until the ambulance arrived. Sadly she didn’t make it. On life lost, another changed forever. No amount of therapy will ever erase that moment from my daughters mind.

@@josephinevera9966 It's incredibly painful for a mother to see one of her children hurt. I found someone close to me who died in her sleep. She was not my mom, but she was the woman I called mom. It was horrible, and it's impossible to forget. She had just been taking a nap, in the middle of the day bc she didn't sleep well the previous night. She was on her boyfriend's couch in his living room, and he and his teen son were right there watching TV. I listen to other people's stories and something that everyone seems to do, is blame themselves by wishing they had been there to check on their deceased loved one. That whole horrible, "What if?" In reality however, they could have still been there, and not have even known. That's exactly what happened with mom. She died from a heart condition tho, it wasn't an OD. The only reason that I found her is bc his son came next door to my apartment. He mentioned mom was at his place taking a nap. I made a joke! I asked him if he was coming to my apartment to escape her loud snoring. (It was so so so very loud lol) He laughed, and responded with, "No, lol she's not snoring." That's when I said, "Wow! Really? Have you checked to see if she's dead?" Then I immediately, and suddenly, felt a sense of alarm. So I went to check in on her, she did have a history of strokes. Never told any of the family that she also had a bad heart. She never thought of herself, she was always putting others comfort ahead of her own, she didn't want to worry us. So I checked, and my entire world was forever changed. It was my husband's mom, my mom. He was SHATTERED! The ONLY thing worse than finding her and seeing her like that, and him seeing her like that, (besides her actually dying of course,) was that I had to tell Mamaw that her first born daughter was dead at the age of 43. (Only Mamaw I ever known too.) Besides the fact that I love both of those women immensely, I was literally telling a mother that her child was dead. I could actually hear the life drain from her voice, and it never returned. THAT was so bad, and gut wrenching. THAT haunts me, along with everything else about that day.

@@josephinevera9966 Sending love. I'm so sorry.

My sweet autistic 10 yo great nephew was sleeping with his Mom (42 yo) when she had a cardiac arrhythmia and quickly passed. This poor boy has that memory burned into his psyche.

@@saraw8503 I'm really very sorry for your loss, and the pain of watching someone you want to love and protect grieving. I have a couple cousins that one has autism, and the other has mental retardation. So I have an enormous soft spot in my heart for anyone who suffers from those very special mental hardships.

Thank you for saying that. It's true. Bottom line honestly..we all choose food, drink, dope, working out, whatever it is..we make the choices and nobody forces us.

He thought he was taking Xanax? He shouldn’t have been taking the Xanax either.

I was in shock when I read that alone you know about 20 people who passed away from this! How can this be possible, I don’t understand how this can happen in your country. I live in Germany and I watched a documentary about why fentanyl doesn’t has an impact here in Europe like it has in the US. It’s so terrible! I can’t even imagine the pain loosing my child. My deep condolences to all who experience this.

@@jisue3517 yes, I do know at least that many. That's not even counting friends of friends. I am 50 and a bartender so it could be due to the fact that I know and work with alot of younger people. I also lost my niece and my husband lost his older sister and a niece. Not to mention friends.

​@@ryanblanchard2508 💯🏹🎯

​@@smfarrie2943 no kidding. I am so very grateful that you pointed that out. I wish we were all as smart as you.

Yep but bet they would've been all over him if he'd had a little weed.

They are so heart breaking…yet absolutely nothing is being done, as she alluded to….it’s unreal they just ignore it…

@@nationalduo4945 who is "they"??

people being featured?@@jamiebrooks2125

I've never seen a tattoo so beautiful like him. Rest with angels Tucker.

I was thinking the same thing. Portrait tattoos can go REALLy wrong very easily, but she seems to have picked an outstanding artist.

Looks ridiculous.., just as her easy going attitude about him wanting to purchase Percocet

@@elibrod9981 weak as piss comment go crawl back under your rock 💩

Yes, Cameron and Tucker both bought from the same dealer. That dealer is in federal custody now.

@@TexasPictures thank you for taking a second to comment. This whole fentanyl crisis has turned people into a modern day serial killer in every state across the map! The drug is their “weapon of choice”. 🙁

Young people do drugs/narcotics today for many of the same reasons that they always have in decades past. 🤷‍♀️

@Kris that may be True - but what is that old saying - keep doing the same thing but expecting different results.. Maybe it's time for a real change Especially since young people are dropping deceased from (1) pill; unlike decades ago when it was for what they called fun! Well, it's russian roulette now buying a "mystery pill" off of the streets! So, a Serious Conversation Is definitely Needed with ones Child now - Right Now! #Blessings to All Families from this awful Tragedy....

I agree 100%! A parent's responsibility is great. Emotional support, attention, etc.

So sorry for him and his family ! OXYCODON and fentanyl is a greater killer ! Mind my words ….. sinds a short time OXYCODON and fentanyl are mixed ! 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵that is the reason that they on a overdose ! 😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪😪

My parents were so amazing and I’m addict. I know it’s easy to blame the parent’s, but it’s not always the parent’s fault.

What does his height have anything to do with? How goofy

@@user-ux1vj9vx7s right lol I was so confused

Say it again!

Yes, I think it would be wise to help kids to understand the reasons people start taking drugs: to fit in, to “forget” bad feelings and experiences,

I kept thinking of my own sons. I don’t think I could hold it together like these people did. This goes straight to your heart.

Won't happen, because"they" are the ones making and bringing the drugs to this country.

Oh mama my heart breaks for you! I am so very deeply sorry for your loss! Thank you very much for sharing your story and what you shared! You are spot on in your explanation! Keep sharing!

He was weak, he had no "power"

You are so sweet… peace to you for your kindness..

Yes it is.

I thought so when I heard her talk about the dealer

I wondered the same thing.😢

Omg that’s immediately what I thought when she mentioned the dealer posting at his funeral 😢💔 So tragic but I’m glad both mommas have each other to lean on now to comfort one another during those horrible times. I pray for their healing & strength ❤️‍🩹🙏🏽✨

@@AlexusMusic just tragic 😔

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I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope you can find some peace and sending my love. 🤍

I’m so sorry

R.I.P. Nick! ❤

I’m so sorry for your loss. May your son Rest In Peace.

Exactly

Could Tucker have hoped that his mom could shut down this dealer's operation and erase that temptation/connection? Tucker seemed eager for his mom's help in that respect.

@@cynthiavirissimo457 yeaaa the fact that he always told his mum about that particular dealer and still went back to him. I wish he never did and I wish police shut down the dealer faster. I wish Tucker wasn't part of the statistics but even in death, his story is still making a difference

Thanks for your comment

She does seem fragile😢

Yea she kept smiling like she hasn’t processed it fully yet

@@lordi.v.j9834The mom too. No tears. It’s creepy.

Dont ever get comfortable and trust her judgement, keep stressing the importance of keeping off drugs.

Great idea. Of course, I hope you’re not watching while you’re driving. 😳We also have a documentary we created that’s on our channel called. “sidetracked“. That one is about distracted driving. 😉 but seriously, thank you for watching and sharing.

@@TexasPictures my husband does most of the driving unless I’m driving alone. So no, not driving. I’m not good at multi tasking. Lol

Because the police, that means police EVERYWHERE IN THE US, don't and won't give 3 shits about kids dying from fentanyl poisoning UNTIL it happens to their child, grandchildren. And the universe has a strange way of making that happen for humans like that too which makes me sleep better at night.

Thank you for your comments. We've passed them along to Stefanie and the other families.