With just weeks until the start of the new school year, law enforcement wants you to be aware of a dangerous drug being marketed to teens.KETV NewsWatch 7 has been following the flow of fentanyl into the metro over the last few years. Now the Drug Enforcement Agency said it's hitting record levels.Police said overdoses are up especially in those who are trying the drug for the first time."The opioid (using) community knows what they’re getting. The non-opioid community doesn’t necessarily know what they're getting,” said Narcotics Sgt. Dave Bianchi, Omaha Police.Omaha police said 2019 is when fentanyl started hitting the streets of Omaha.Now, years later, what they thought were "big busts" then are ordinary."The manufacturers of these drugs don’t care if you live or die, they really don't,” Bianchi said.Just one of the tiny pills could kill you."There’s no oxycodone in any of these, they're all fentanyl,” Bianchi said.A baggie sits on a table in OPD Headquarters, filled with nearly 1,000 of the pills taken off the street during a 2019 drug bust.“This was a pretty good-sized bust, fast forward to where we're at now and this is a decent sized bust, but not a huge bust,” Bianchi said.OPD said they're made illegally in Mexico and transported across the border.There's no oversight there, so while some pills might be light on fentanyl some may be pure."You might have a lethal dose in a pill,” Bianchi said.The head of Omaha’s DEA, Justin King, said these are being sold to teens as a "party drug." He said many teens already know about them, even if they don’t use, themselves.They're made to look identical to 30 milligram oxycodone."There’s a different stigma taking a pill than doing meth or heroin, so we're really worried about this affecting people,” King said.He said parents need to watch their children and have the talk now about these dangerous drugs."They may be at a party, they may be offered alcohol, someone is smoking marijuana. There’s the potential for that experimentation, for that to bring other things in, we really see that effecting a lot of people,” King said.OPD adds that people taking these need to keep in mind other medications.Especially anti-depressants, or ADHD pills."The people that are dying after the first one, are not opioid users, or they're taking like benzodiazepine," Bianchi said.He said many reports have been made of first-time users overdosing, or habitual opioid users upping their dose and overdosing.The pills are easy to come by, they said.“When we started these things were $35-40 bucks a pop now we can get them for $8 bucks, so that tells us there's a lot of supply,” Bianchi said.That parallels a staggering statistic: in 2020 more than 90,000 people overdosed in the United States. The DEA said around 60% of those were fentanyl.OPD said there's a surge in overdoses lately in the city. They said the drug doesn’t discriminate and he's seen it impact all kinds of families. “In one, a 24-year-old going to the bar bumps into somebody and thinks, 'hey I would like to take a pill just to try to do something fun and they die,'” Bianchi said.So, it's time to talk to your kids."Push the dangers of drug, and they've got to understand that,” King said.OPD said Nebraska's Good Samaritan Law has helped people survive overdoses because people who do drugs in groups aren't afraid to call for help anymore since they won't be in any trouble if they stay and help first responders.“If you’re using with your swim buddy and you overdose, that person can call for emergency services without fear of arrest,” Bianchi said.And Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an overdose, can be bought at many pharmacies.The DEA has resources on its website on how to talk to your kids about drugs here.Another option for parents can be found here.