Police said the case was difficult for those who worked on it, as many of them are parents themselves.
As CNN reported earlier this year, the number of accidental overdoses among children has risen dramatically in recent years. As the heroin epidemic spreads across the country, many children are showing up in the ER after accidentally ingesting drugs left around by parents or caretakers, often thinking it was candy or other food.
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“It kind of hits home if you have kids.” A toxicology report says an 8-year-old Curtis Collman III had more than 180 times the lethal limit of methamphetamine in his bloodstream when he died. https://nbc4i.co/2OHgknL
Police: Father never called 911 after son’s deadly meth overdose
Police say a man did not get help for his young son after the boy accidentally ingested crystal meth. Detectives said the eight-year-old ate his father’s meth, thinking it was cereal. Officials say…
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