Fentanyl deaths in young children on the rise from accidental poisoning

A growing number of young children are being accidentally poisoned by fentanyl. NBC News’ Kate Snow speaks with parents whose children have been impacted by the powerful opioid.

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[backtoschool]

jesus thats tragic. what a beautiful child she was

[Assertiveman]

I'm so sorry for the parents I could see it in their soul I wish them the best

[MissUnderstood_Mom]

I'm so very sorry for their loss. This is just tragic. In a vacation house and in the park? Good God...

[gabethedinosaur]

This is so wrong and terrifying for parents with kids. If I had someone with a kid who was renting my house I make sure my house is clean and safe for a family to stay .

[SEAndies]

Well that’s terrifying 😢 prayers to their family ❤ I hope they do everything to help give these kids the best chance

[anthonyharraden]

God bless these souls. 🙏 So unfortunate. So sad.

[martinvera]

This is terrifying infants and toddlers overdosing.

[loriparks]

Condolences To The Family and Family Member's

[AuliaAF]

How does kid in a park or a vacation house consume it? Drugs scattered in the grass? That's horrifying for supposedly ultra-safe area.

[gracevicki]

This is why the offense of drug dealers trafficking cooking any level of it needs to be elevated across the board as a capital offense nation wide! Death penalty! This is how make an immediate dent in this epidemic!

[FarmerRiddick]

Fentanyl poisoning is "myth"?
I just did a google query asking, "Passive fentanyl poisoning". Most of the results came up with debunking coming into contact with fentanyl. Also, most of the articles were rather dated.
Perhaps it's time to consider looking into how many children die from exposer to fentanyl.

Along with fentanyl exposer regarding children, I came across another article that reminded me of the 2002 Moscow Theater siege where the Russians used 'aerosolized carfantynl' to end the situation and more than 100 people died as a result.
This is a chemical that can apparently be weaponized. It needs to be restricted like risin and ammonia nitrate.

My opinion;
Declare fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction and start hunting, along with adding military resources outside our borders!
This isn't cocaine or marijuana- It's lethal and economically destructive!

[tammypritts]

OMG so scary..can't even believe this is happening so bad..you have to worry about every where you go..

[Boudicaisback]

I know 5 people under the age of 30 who have died from feytnal in the last 3 years

[meandme]

What the vacation rental owners need to do so this does not happen?

[boomeradley]

i wouldn't be so fast to label every one of these poisonings "accidental." after going down the true crime rabbit hole over the last few years, child abuse and murder is becoming EXTREMELY common... heartbreaking either way

[elyssagauntt]

So for these kids that don't have it in a "home" then where are they coming into contact with it?

[oldslowcoach]

without conclusive evidence, this is just speculating on how they came into contact with it

[onedelacruz]

Worse than CoVid but government doesn't do anything just like what they did to solve covid.

Expect action is to legalize this for tax.

[TheBLGL]

Drugs won the war on drugs, so it’s time to decriminalize it. No children are dying from drugs in Portugal, were drugs are decriminalized.

[Mia-ccbm]

US government has got to take actions. It's fatal to everyone