According to police, fentanyl was detected in the air system of an Ohio juvenile detention institution after many people from the facility required hospitalization on Sunday.
According to Williams County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Lehman, four adolescents and three staff members from the Northwest Ohio Juvenile Detention Training and Rehabilitation Center in Stryker, Ohio, fell Sunday and were brought to the hospital.
On Sunday, about 8:30 p.m., emergency personnel was dispatched to the detention institution. Authorities discovered fentanyl evidence in the building’s ventilation system during a search of the premises.
The Williams County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that it’s unclear how the fentanyl got into the facility’s ventilation system at this time.
The victims are all listed in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery. Juveniles housed at the facility have been temporarily moved to an adult detention center, apart from the adult detainees while the investigation is ongoing and other arrangements are made.
Fentanyl is an opioid that “is estimated to be 80 times more potent than morphine and hundreds of times more potent than heroin,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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