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Festival company allows Narcan at upcoming events in effort to prevent overdoses
In an effort to prevent overdoses, festival company Insomniac will allow sealed Naloxone kits at upcoming events, stating with Escape:…
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Small town Missouri police chief arrested after girlfriend’s brother overdoses
A small town Missouri police chief was on the wrong end of this drug bust. William Jones, who leads the…
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2-year-old overdoses on fentanyl, parents arrested in Northern California
The parents of a toddler who was poisoned by ingesting fentanyl in Northern California have been arrested on child endangerment…
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From China to Mexico to NYC: How fentanyl became ‘a weapon of mass destruction’ in the US
In the dark hours before dawn, there’s no busier place than the Hunts Point produce market in The Bronx, where…
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Biden ‘securing border’ from fentanyl despite record overdoses: Jean-Pierre
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday insisted that President Biden is “securing the border” against fentanyl, despite the…
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Narcan vending machines are the latest weapon against opioid overdoses
Vending machines that distribute lifesaving shots of Narcan represent the latest effort to combat the wave of opioid overdose deaths plaguing the…
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To reduce jail deaths and overdoses, supervisors to take up added pay, improved body scans
The record pace of deaths in San Diego County jails so far this year has driven Nathan Fletcher to help…
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Autopsy for teen girl found in San Francisco homeless district shows disturbing details
A missing teen who turned up dead on a San Francisco street months ago might have been sexually assaulted around the time…
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L.A. homeless deaths spike due to overdoses, not COVID-19, report shows
Nearly 2,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles County during the first year of the pandemic, an increase of 56%…
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Study: Homeless Deaths Spiked During Pandemic, but Drug Overdoses Remain Top Killer
During the first 12 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall deaths of homeless people in Los Angeles County increased by…
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