HARTFORD, Conn. — Fentanyl, 50 times more potent than heroin, kills no matter what age its victim may be.
Since 2020, at least eight Connecticut children under 2 1/2 years old have died of fentanyl exposure, six in 2021 alone, according to the Child Advocate’s Office. One was less than a month old, an infant girl from Fairfield County.
There also have been eight accidental deaths from fentanyl overdoses in older teenagers since 2019, according to the child advocate.
