2-year-old from Poulsbo overdosed on fentanyl, police arrested mother
A 2-year-old boy from Poulsbo overdosed on fentanyl last week and was revived with Narcan at a hospital. Police arrested the boy’s mother, 33, who they noted has a history of narcotics use.
The mother has not been charged with a crime, and no mention in police reports say that she explained how the boy could have had access fentanyl. She was booked Thursday in the Kitsap County Jail for investigation of first-degree criminal mistreatment and is being held on $50,000 bail.
Poulsbo police were first notified of the medical crisis June 13 by workers at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma.
The mother said that morning the boy “seemed fine” but then “at some point” she noticed the boy’s body became stiff, his eyes were not crossing and he was non-responsive.
The mother took the boy to St. Michael Medical Center, where medical staff found he responded to Narcan and became alert.
He was then taken to Mary Bridge, where he was placed on a Narcan drip. He was expected to be released the next day.
Blood tests came back Sunday showing the boy tested positive for fentanyl, according to court documents.
Fentanyl is a powerful, synthetic opioid that has been blamed for an increase in fatal overdoses. Though commonly used in medical settings, street-level fentanyl is produced in clandestine labs and is often sold by drug dealers to users as “percocet."
The officer wrote that the mother was “known to law enforcement to use narcotics from numerous contacts with her” and investigators indicated the mother had been using Suboxone, a treatment for opioid withdrawal that can be fatal if taken by children.
“With (the boy’s) age and development, it cannot be determined if there will be any lasting effects from this overdose for some time,” an investigator wrote.
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