zack s parents, who now spend countless hours going into schools telling their shattering story. as hard as it is to talk about and as hard as it is to share the story, i feel him with me when i do it. i feel him helping me find the words even. reporter: what is it that goes through your mind before you step out on the stage? i hope we reach them. i see their faces. i just scan the room and they re listening. and absorbing it. and i just think please let us reach them. reporter: and pamela, zack s family believes they ve already saved lives. in one chilling example they were contacted by a parent who saw zack s story and said that they made their child watch this presentation that the family gives as they go about telling their story. the child admitted to their parents that they had just bought a pill on social media. the parents had that hill tested. lo and behold, it contained a deadly dose of fentanyl.
zack was such a stellar young man, and he always wanted to help other people. reporter: zack s sudden death initially a mystery to investigators. but the placer county coroner near sacramento had two theories on the day of his death. either an undetected medical issue or fentanyl. and that further spiraled us into into confusion. debilitating confusion. why would you say that word? we had no red flags of zack having struggles with any kind of drug use or addiction or depression. nine out of every ten overdose deaths in teenagers involves opioids and most commonly involves fentanyl. reporter: dr. scott haviland is head of adolescent medicine at mass general hospital. fentanyl is so potent that teens, particularly teens who have never used an opioid before and have no tolerance to them, can die really quickly, we re talking within seconds to
you look at these photos, the fake pill looks just like the real pill. they sure do. the dealer s main objective is to get you hooked, and if you don t die from it then you re a customer for as long as you live. reporter: in zack didier s case his parents say he met a drug dealer on snapchat who sold him a deadly fentanyl pill that zack thought was the pain reliever percocet. zack s case was really the first for our county dealing with whether or not to hold someone who provides drugs to someone else who ultimately dies, whether or not to hold them responsible for their death, and if so how much. the message to dealers is we are fed up, we are tired of seeing young people dying in our communities. reporter: zack s dealer was sentenced to 17 years in prison. but placer county s district attorney, who has advocated for aggressive charges against dealers, says prosecution alone won t solve the fentanyl crisis. the solution will be education and awareness and talking to parents
desk. his head was laying down on his arm. i could feel before i even touched him that something was horribly wrong. reporter: every parent s worst nightmare. 17-year-old zack didier found unresponsive in his room two days after christmas of 2020. medics arrived and began resuscitation efforts, but it was too late. i started resuming cpr, and they just stood there. and i got mad at them, and said guys, help me save my boy. when they didn t, i started trying to talk to zack and begged him don t go, come back. please come back. do not go. i walked up, and chris just our baby is gone. reporter: we sat down with chris and laurie didier inside zack s old classroom, surrounded by memories of their son. he loved school. he loved sports. he starred in the musical.
0 djokovic is back in the country. he was threatened with a three-year ban after it was determined he was a public health risk. that all happened after djokovic said he didn t want to be forced to get the covid vaccine. and australia s immigration minister was concerned at the time he could be seen as a, quote, icon for anti-vacciners. but the ban was lifted in november, allowing him to compete at tournaments in australia. djokovic was shut out of the u.s. open in 2022 due to his vaccination status. he said he was willing to pass up tennis records he might break if it meant remaining unvaccinated. thank you so much for joining us tonight. ac 360 starts now. the former president s chief of staff setting documents on fire and qanon being discussed favorably at the highest levels of the white house. pamela brown here in for anderson tonight. those are just some of the revelations from testimony released today by the january 6th committee. and in both cases, testimony by cassidy hutchi