The state medical examiner has determined that 23-year-old Lauren Smith-Fields died from ingesting a lethal cocktail of drugs, including fentanyl, washed down with , and ruled her death an accident. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced on Monday that the young black woman, who was found unresponsive last month in her Bridgeport apartment after going out on a date with an older white man she had met on the dating app Bumble, died as a result of acute intoxication due to the combined effects of fentanyl, promethazine, hydroxyzine, and alcohol. Fentanyl is a highly addictive and potentially deadly synthetic opioid prescribed to treat severe pain, while promethazine and hydroxyzine are allergy medications.
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