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Whitney Purvis Placed on Suicide Watch, Detoxing From Drugs Following Manslaughter Arrest

Imprisoned '16 and Pregnant' star Whitney Purvis is reportedly on suicide watch.

(Photo by Floyd County Sheriff’s Office via Getty Images)Purvis has been accused of distributing Tranq — a substance described as a mix of fentanyl and xylazine. “Two milligrams of fentanyl is a potentially deadly dose,” Jae Chung, DEA acting special agent in charge of the Atlanta office remarked. Whether it was bandaging a wound, trips to the airport, or a place to lay their heads for a time, he was willing to lend a hand,” the obituary reads, according to NBC affiliate KGET.

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