"There is a panoply of drugs out there that will destroy your kids," says retired NYPD inspector and Fox News contributor Paul Mauro.
Following recent college deaths and allegations around a campus cocaine trafficking ring, Mauro said America's students are now the primary prey for a relentless and deadly drug trade.
"If you're sending a kid off to college these days, you better sit that child down and give that child a hard primer on what could possibly happen," he said.
A recently unsealed indictment shows Moises Freire, 19, and Brian Peralta, 18, both from Queens, New York, are facing charges after a young woman was killed and another seriously injured after they were allegedly poisoned by fentanyl.
Reports indicate Annabel Richter, 20, was killed after she ingested the drug supplied by the men, who allegedly told her it was simply "cocaine."
She had moved from Brazil to live in the U.S. to pursue her studies at Manhattan's Fashion Institute of Technology, cocaine trafficking organized crime ring.
Investigators revealed that the network operated out of off-campus fraternity houses, including Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon.
At the center of the enterprise, authorities identified former student Agostino Abbatiello, 24, as the primary ringleader and kingpin, aka "Pablo Pledgescabar."
According to a criminal complaint, fraternity pledges were forced to cut, package and bag large quantities of cocaine for the operation.
The drugs were then distributed widely among Penn State students across the University Park campus.
The drugs were coming from larger networks like Philadelphia and New York City.
Mauro said the networks rely on supply from foreign countries.
"You got the Chinese making this stuff. It goes to the cartels in Mexico and South America. It gets brought up here into the country, and it's [distributed onto campuses now]," he said.
"They keep coming. Why? Chinese make this stuff in labs. They just change the formula all the time, and one of the reasons for that is they want to stay ahead of the charging here in America, the charges that get captured by the drug laws," he said.
Penn State said in a statement, in part: "While the problem of illicit narcotics is a global issue, the recent allegations of drug trafficking taking place so close to the University Park campus is very concerning."
"In prevention efforts, Vice President for Student Affairs Andrea Dowhower shared a message with the Penn State community last month, and additional messaging has been sent directly to students and parents related to health and safety, including on alcohol, drugs and hazing," the school added.