kathleen stafford/ppad- "if your kid isn't doing it, we 100-percent garauntee that they know somebody close to them there is." stafford and elliott-hudson are pleased to hear the petaluma police department is responding to this crisis. as of monday, all uniformed officers are carrying the anti-opiod medication narcan. it can reverse the effects of an overdose of heroin and other opiods including the synthetic drug fentanyl. in the past six months, police have responded to at least 21 overdose calls. in those cases -- four people died. one of them a 16-year-old boy who, last month, is believed to have been killed from takng xanax that contained fentanyl. his mother was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and child endangerment.kathleen stafford/ppad- "those pill parties i used to watch on 60 minutes -- they call them skittles parties. i was in awe, like wow, that doesn't happen around here. they happen every weekend around here. in these neighborhoods." investigators also believe the number of overdoses citywide is much higher. it's just that not all of them are reported.heather elli

kathleen stafford/ppad- "if your kid isn't doing it, we 100-percent garauntee that they know somebodyose to them there is." stafford and elliott-hudson are pleased to hear the petaluma police department is responding to this crisis. as of monday, all uniformed officers are carrying the anti-opiod medication narcan. it can reverse the effects of an overdose of heroin and other opiods including the synthetic drug fentanyl. in the past six months, police have responded to at least 21 overdose calls. in those cases -- four people died. one of them a 16-year-old boy who, last month, is believed to have been killed from takng xanax that contained fentanyl. his mother was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and child endangerment.kathleen stafford/ppad- "those pill parties i used to watch on 60 minutes -- they call them skittles parties. i was in awe, like wow, that doesn't happen around here. they happen every weekend around here. in these neighborhoods." investigators also believe the number of overdoses citywide is much higher. it's just that not all of them are reported.heather elliott

kathleen stafford/ppad- "these are handcrafted pills that are being made on the streets and sold on thex months, police have responded to at least 21 overdose calls. in those cases -- four people died. one of them a 16-year-old boy who, last month, is believed to have been killed from takng xanax. his mother was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and child endangerment.kathleen stafford/ppad- "that's just a really sad case. um, but that xanax was laced with fentanyl and you know its lethal." kathleen stafford and her good friend heather elliott-hudson are trying to educate the community, especially young people, about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. two years ago they founded the non-profit organization, petaluma parents against drugs. heather elliott-hudson/ppad- "it's the kids who typically aren't the ones that you would think would be the kids. it's the scholar, scholarship athletes. it's the a+ students. it's the popular kids, the middle kids. it's every kid out there." in the past two months... petaluma valley hospital says it has treated more prescription drug overdoses

kathleen stafford/ppad- "these are hand crafted pills that are being made on the streets and sold onolice have responded to at least 21 overdose calls. in those cases -- four people died. one of them a 16-year-old boy who, last month, is believed to have been killed from takng xanax. his mother was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and child endangerment.kathleen stafford/ppad- "that's just a really sad case. um, but that xanax was laced with fentanyl and you know its lethal." kathleen stafford and her good friend heather elliott-hudson are trying to educate the community, especially young people, about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. two years ago they founded the non-profit organization, petaluma parents against drugs. heather elliott-hudson/ppad- "it's the kids who typically aren't the ones that you would think would be the kids. it's the scholar, scholarship athletes. it's the a+ students. it's the popular kids, the middle kids. it's every kid out there." in the past two months... petaluma valley hospital says it has treated more prescription drug overdoses than it ha