What we learned from examining more than 450 cases involving fentanyl and young children

June 23, 2025 / USA

Most of the cases reviewed by Scripps News occurred when children were in their own homes or the care of their parents or relatives.

In March of 2025, a 911 dispatcher in Spokane Valley, Washington answered a panicked call.

“My nephew is blue,” a woman reported, crying. “His mom said he might have gotten fentanyl from her purse!”