16-Month-Old Boy Ingests Drugs Left By Mother Passed Out From Overdose, Police Say

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference at the office of the New York Attorney General, in New York, on Sept. 23, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A 16-month-old boy was hospitalized and treated with Narcan after ingesting drugs left behind by his mother, according to police.

Police said the father of the boy returned home from work at around 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 4. and found the boy’s mother, 36, passed out on the bed. The toddler was also on the bed with several empty baggies—used to package heroin—that appeared to be chewed on.