She found her teen son dead from ‘fake fentanyl.’ Now an Oklahoma mom is sounding the alarm as deaths rise across the US
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May 7, 2026
Exclusive: 18-year-old Jake Scoufos is one of at least 55 Americans whose deaths have been linked to a powerful synthetic opioid known as cychlorphine. His mom, Malisa Hepner, tells Rhian Lubin how she is sounding the alarm in her son’s memory as the highly potent drug sweeps across the country
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