A 16-year-old alleged drug supplier was charged with homicide in California on Tuesday in reference to the fentanyl overdose dying of a 12-year-old woman.

The 16-year-old's Tuesday arrest got here multiple 12 months after the 12-year-old allegedly bought a drug containing fentanyl from the teenager, snorted about three-quarters of 1 capsule and overdosed, in line with a information launch issued by the Santa Clara County District Legal professional's Workplace. Neither the teenager nor the preteen have been publicly recognized within the launch, although officers stated each have been residents of San Jose.

"After 1000's of deaths, everybody ought to know that fentanyl is a lethal poison," District Legal professional Jeff Rosen stated within the launch, including that the 12-year-old's "tragically quick life might assist save others" because of the work investigators put into the case surrounding her dying.

In accordance with Rosen's workplace, the 12-year-old woman was with two youngsters on November 14, 2020, when she contacted the alleged drug supplier to buy an "M-30" capsule. Following the acquisition, a video exhibiting the 12-year-old getting ready the drug for ingestion was recorded, after which the preteen misplaced consciousness and began to snore, which the information launch stated was "a telltale signal of a fentanyl overdose." She died after she was taken to a medical middle for therapy in San Jose, Rosen's workplace stated.

Fentanyl overdose 12-year-old girl
Homicide prices have been filed Tuesday towards a 16-year-old who's accused of promoting fentanyl to a 12-year-old woman earlier than her overdose dying in 2020. Above, a bag of various capsules and pharmaceuticals dropped off for disposal is displayed throughout the DEA's twentieth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take Again Day at Watts Healthcare on April 24, 2021, in Los Angeles, California.PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP by way of Getty Photos

The teenager charged along with her dying had screenshots of their Google Images account containing public service bulletins in regards to the risks of fentanyl overdoses that have been dated earlier than the November 2020 overdose occurred, in line with the discharge.

The San Jose Police Division shared the information of the 16-year-old's arrest in a Tuesday tweet that inspired consciousness in regards to the risks of opioid overdoses.

"Please speak to your younger ones in regards to the risks of this drug," the tweet stated.

The 12-year-old's dying made her the youngest particular person in Santa Clara County to die of a drug overdose in 2020, in line with the district lawyer's workplace.

State data present there have been 143 opioid-related overdose deaths reported in Santa Clara County in 2020. Of these deaths, fewer than six have been reported amongst people ages 10 to 14, with the majority of the deaths reported amongst folks of their early 20s.

On the state stage, greater than 5,500 opioid-related overdose deaths have been reported in California in 2020. Twelve of these deaths have been reported amongst people ages 10 to 14, state information reveals.

Tuesday's arrest of the 16-year-old marks the second time an alleged drug supplier has been charged with homicide by the Santa Clara County District Legal professional's Workplace in reference to an overdose dying, in line with Rosen's workplace. The primary such cost was filed in April 2020, about seven months earlier than the 12-year-old's dying. That earlier case concerned a 22-year-old man who allegedly bought fentanyl to an 18-year-old by means of Snapchat, in line with the district lawyer's workplace.

Newsweek reached out to the San Jose Police Division for additional remark.