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Five Children Hospitalized After Eating Fentanyl-Tainted Gummy Bears

Virginia elementary school bans food sharing, as sheriff’s office launches investigation.
Five Children Hospitalized After Eating Fentanyl-Tainted Gummy Bears
Glassine pouches of confirmed fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Northeast Regional Laboratory in New York on Oct. 8, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
Jackson Elliott
12/13/2023|Updated: 12/13/2023
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Seven children at Amherst, Virginia’s Central Elementary School got sick today after eating gummy bears from a plastic bag that had once held fentanyl.

Hayden Wright, 10, was one of five children who were hospitalized after eating the gummies, his mother said.

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Jackson Elliott is a former reporter for The Epoch Times.
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