A teenage girl from Tennessee is facing murder charges after two of her classmates died of suspected drug overdoses.
This is the latest in a string of similar cases that critics say will only exacerbate the overdose crisis in the U.S state.
Two girls, aged 16 and 17, died on May 16 following “an incident outside Fayette-Ware High School.” Another 17-year-old girl was taken to the hospital and placed in critical condition.
According to Vice News the girls were found in the school parking lot a few hours prior to a graduation ceremony.
The surviving 17-year-old was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and possession of a controlled substance.
A previous report on the issue of drugs a 15-year-old Wisconsin girl was charged as an adult with reckless homicide for allegedly selling another teen fentanyl that caused him to die of an overdose.
The girl told police she sold drugs to pay off a drug debt and she’d been addicted to opioids.