This story really breaks my heart, but also I am very thankful the babies lived and also so very thank for the Minneapolis Police Officers! Heroes forever! Those poor babies……
The Bible says that babies are a gift from God, and that they are made in God’s image. The Bible also says that babies are valuable and have immeasurable worth
Psalms 127:3-53 Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him. 4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. 5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.
A Minneapolis mother’s call to 911 reporting that one of her infant twins was gasping for air sent police to the home, where they found her children on separate visits one night had ingested fentanyl and were near death, according to a child protection order.
The order pointed to the suspicion that the fentanyl was purposely put in the infants’ bottles or was in some manner given to them intentionally before they overdosed on Jan. 2. More Here
From Wikipedia
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 to 2020. Around 932,400 died from 1999 through 2020. Around 93,700 died in 2020. Opioids were involved in around 80,400 of the around 109,200 deaths in 2021. Synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily fentanyl) were involved with 70,601 deaths in 2021. Around 111,000 people died in 2022. Around 108,500 in 2023.[4][5][6][1][2]