Grieving Mom Shared Photo of Her Dying Son in Hopes to Warn People About Fentanyl Use

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From the archives: This story was last updated in September 2019.

A devastated mom took to Facebook after losing her son to a drug overdose. She hopes the powerful photo showing her and her son’s last moments together on his hospital bed will drive home the dangers of the drug fentanyl.

Sherri Kent, from Calgary, Canada, posted the photo along with a caption on her Facebook page a few years ago in April 2017. The heartbreaking photo shows her lying next to her dying son, Michael, then 22, on his hospital bed, while he was intubated and unconscious after overdosing.