> WA mother wants changes to death certificates for those killed by 'controlled substance homicide'
WA mother wants changes to death certificates for those killed by 'controlled substance homicide'
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A Skagit County mother is pushing for changes to the way death certificates are filled out after her son was poisoned with a counterfeit painkiller. She said the current system isn't telling the full story and is leaving out vital information.
Trey Schweigert died after taking what he thought was a Percocet after having orthopedic surgery. The person who sold it to him was later convicted of controlled substance homicide.
Trey's mom wants his death certificate to reflect that — but the county coroner refuses.
"You carry it with you for the best of your life," she said. "It's extremely painful losing a child. It changes everything about your world."
Trey's death certificate lists the cause of his death as "acute intoxication" from fentanyl, the manner as "accident." It's a third box Schweigert wants changed, where it lists "how the injury occurred." That box also states "acute intoxication."
Schweigert said she believes it should read "controlled substance homicide" because that's what the person who sold Trey the pill went to prison for.
READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/skagit-county-mom-wants-changes-death-certificates-for-people-killed-controlled-substance-homicide/281-e7a0ebcf-fd83-41e1-8dc0-8870860d4491