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    Hollywood school took 8 hours to find teen overdose victim in bathroom, mother's lawsuit alleges

    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 2022 3 minutes
    Johann Hervert, 18, sits next to a memorial on the steps outside Helen Bernstein High School in Los Anglees on Sept. 16, 2022, in Los Angeles after a fentanyl-laced pill led to the overdose death of a student.

    LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos was missing for eight hours before she was found dead of suspected fentanyl poisoning in a Hollywood school bathroom this year, the 15-year-old's mother and her lawyers said Wednesday in announcing a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Unified School District.

    The wrongful death and negligence lawsuit filed on behalf of Elena Perez, Melanie's mother, alleges school officials knew illicit narcotics were prevalent at Helen Bernstein High but took no action.

    "Kids would be buying and selling and using

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