A Connecticut high school student overdosed on Thursday as a result of taking marijuana that is suspected to have been laced with fentanyl.
Officers from the Bloomfield Police Department arrived at Bloomfield High School and discovered a 16-year-old student who was suffering from an apparent drug overdose, police said in a news release, according to NBC News.
The officers arrived at the school around 11 a.m. after receiving a call, according to WTNH News. The student was given several doses of Narcan for recovery by officers and school staff and was later taken to Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, the report said.
Bloomfield High School Principal Dan Moleti told parents in a letter that the school entered into shelter-in-place status at approximately 10:50 a.m. so law enforcement officers and medical personnel could respond to the student who had been overdosing. The lockdown was lifted around 11:15 a.m.
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The investigation is still open, according to police.
Fentanyl has become a more prevalent drug in recent years. In 2021, Border Patrol officers said they stopped more fentanyl deliveries at the border than heroin.
The Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking, a bipartisan congressional committee, released a report on Tuesday estimating that the epidemic of opioid-related drug overdoses was costing the United States roughly $1 trillion each year.
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The Washington Examiner reached out to the Bloomfield Police Department and Bloomfield High School for statements but did not receive responses.
