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The officer in the press conference in the above link stated that three fraternity members out of a party of 10-12 were taking Xanax with the student and his friends during the incident. Another news story made it sound like the student was selling pills to the fraternity. I haven't heard anything to substantiate that but it does raise the question of how and why someone carries around a bag of nearly 600 prescription pills.
The fact that he was also carrying around bottles of promethazine is a bit alarming, especially since there was alcohol and marijuana present. Booze and weed are legal (though the student and his girlfriend and brother were underage) but are also used to make lean which is very popular in that part of the state. Add the benzo pills and that's some really bad stuff.
Regardless of culpability, I hope there's some education and awareness to teenagers about the dangers of this stuff. A lot of kids get hooked on lean because it's cheap, somewhat accessible, and tastes pretty good plus they see rappers and internet celebs making and taking it on social media. We've had reports of kids experimenting with it and overdosing or going into seizures or even comas. It's scary.
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