WJAC REPORTS THAT THE TUSSEY MT. SCHOOL DISTRICT SENT A LETER HOME TO PARENTS WARNING THEM ABOUT A TREND THAT HAS BEEN DETECTED IN ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THE USE OF VAPE PENS. THE LETTER STATED THAT IN THE MIFFLIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THOSE VAPE PENS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO HAVE BEEN LACED WITH BOTH HEROIN AND FENTANYL. AT LEAST 3 PENS WERE CONFISCATED BY MIFFLIN COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS. TUSSEY MT. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THESE DRUG LACED PENS IN THEIR DISTRICT, BUT ARE BRINGING DRUG TREATMENT WORKERS IN TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO STUDENTS. THEY ALSO SAY THAT FENTANYL CAN BE LETHAL ON ITS OWN, LET ALONE MIXED IN A VAPING PEN.
