Michele Holbrook loses son to fentanyl

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla.—Despite flashes of a bright smile, a deep pain smouldered behind Michele Holbrook’s eyes. She had experienced one of the worst agonies on earth—a mother losing her son. Chandler Cook, a towering young man at 6-foot 5, died in April last year by an accidental overdose at 28 years old. Unbeknownst to him, his street-bought heroin had been spiked with fentanyl—a synthetic opioid of which just 2 to 3 milligrams can kill. “That’s my son,” Michele told The Epoch Times, pointing to a framed photo of herself and Chandler in her living room. There were even more photos on her bedroom wall, and in a photo album she later brought out.