13-Year-Old Connecticut Student Dies After Overdosing On Fentanyl At School

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBSNewYork) -- Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and other officials are reminding parents about available mental health services for children after a 13-year-old boy died from a fentanyl overdose at school.

The student was found unconscious inside the Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford on Thursday. He died over the weekend.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid.

Lamont says the community must rally to teach children about the dangers.

"We've got to do a much better job with our kids, every day reaching out, telling them why, this is a game of Russian Roulette and you always lose in a game of Russian Roulette. Do not touch this stuff," Lamont said.

Two other students who were also exposed to fentanyl were treated and released from a hospital.

Police found 40 bags of fentanyl at the school.