KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt June 4, 2024 00:22:00
Lucky that we got the guy we got. >> reporter: the vast majority of fatalities actually happen because someone in the household is using drugs. >> fentanyl is everywhere in the drug market right now. but the second thing is fentanyl is so highly potent that it takes just an exceedingly small amount for a young child to have a fatal poisoning. >> reporter: you've always had to think about drugs in a household with a child. >> yeah, but this is different. >> reporter: vanessa durantes is the commissioner of the connecticut department of children and families. since 2020, the county counts eight ...