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CT High School Student Overdoses On Suspected Marijuana Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say CT High School Student Overdoses On Suspected Marijuana Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say
CT High School Student Overdoses On Suspected Marijuana Laced With Fentanyl, Police Say Police are investigating after a student allegedly overdosed on fentanyl-laced marijuana at a Connecticut high school. The incident took place around 11 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, in Hartford County in Bloomfield when police responded to Bloomfield High School for a medical call. According to Lt. James Salvatore, of the Bloomfield Police, when officers arrived they found a 16-year-old student in the security officer suffering from an apparent drug overdose. Officers and school staff provided first aid to the student including administering multiple doses of “Narcan” to help rev…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Nearly 40 Bags Of Fentanyl Found At CT School Where Student Overdosed Nearly 40 Bags Of Fentanyl Found At CT School Where Student Overdosed
Nearly 40 Bags Of Fentanyl Found At CT School Where Student Overdosed Police found nearly 40 bags of fentanyl hidden through a Connecticut school after a 13-year-old student overdosed on the drug. The incident took place around 10:45 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Sport and Medical Academy School in Hartford. According to Lt. Aaron Boisvert, of the Hartford Police, the overdose of the student 7th-grade student prompted a search of the school which turned up "approximately 40 bags of fentanyl." The student remains unresponsive and in “grave condition” Boisvert said Friday, Dec. 14. Two other 7th graders believed to be exposed to the drug were also transport…

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by Kathy Reakes
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COVID-19: Nearly 300 UConn Students Quarantined As Virus Spreads COVID-19: Nearly 300 UConn Students Quarantined As Virus Spreads
Covid-19: Nearly 300 UConn Students Quarantined As Virus Spreads Nearly 300 students at the University of Connecticut have been placed in quarantine as COVID-19 continues spreading across its main campus. Students living in the Garrigus Suites on the Storrs campus have been asked to quarantine after nine of the school’s 10 new cases on Thursday were traced back that particular dorm, the school said in a statement. “Every student who tested positive has been placed into dedicated isolation space on campus, like other on-campus positive cases,” school officials said. While students who have tested positive were moved to COVID-19 isolation beds reser…

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by Zak Failla