PLYMOUTH, Conn. — Connecticut officials believe nearly 40 drug overdoses across the state since July may be linked to marijuana laced with the powerful opioid fentanyl and are warning the public.
State health officials say marijuana seized in Plymouth after an overdose in early October tested positive for fentanyl.
Dr. Manisha Juthani, the state's public health commissioner, said Thursday that it was the first lab-confirmed case of marijuana with fentanyl and possibly the first confirmed case in the country.
Officials had been investigating reports of people across Connecticut who overdosed and were revived with naloxone.
They told authorities they only smoked marijuana and denied using opioids.
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