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2 Bronx Toddlers Recovering After Ingesting Heroin in Separate Incidents
Last Updated: Wednesday July 28, 2021
(CBSNewYork, December 6) – Two New York toddlers overdosed after ingesting heroin in separate incidents. Police were able to revive both girls with the anti-overdose drug Narcan. In one case, the parents of an 18-month-old girl say that she found a plastic bag with a hole in it and put it in her mouth. She went into seizures immediately. The parents say that they don’t know where the heroin came from. In the other case, a 1-year-old found heroin in her dad’s bed and ingested the drug. Police arrested her father. Read more.