Connecticut officials warn of marijuana laced with fentanyl after reports of overdoses

[AZProgressive]

Health officials in Connecticut are warning residents about the possibility of fentanyl-laced marijuana circulating around the state.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health on Thursday said they have received nearly 40 reports of people who experienced opioid overdose symptoms and required naloxone, a drug used to reverse narcotic overdoses, for treatment. The patients claimed to have only smoked marijuana and denied ingesting any type of opioid.

Authorities said the cases were “dispersed across Connecticut.”

In October, authorities managed to secure a sample of marijuana at a scene of one of the overdoses in Plymouth, Conn. An analysis of the sample confirmed the marijuana was laced with fentanyl.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/582390-connecticut-officials-warn-of-marijuana-laced-with-fentanyl-after

I’m glad that cannabis is legal here so I don’t have to worry about this kind of thing.