First Responders

FORT MYERS A retired South Florida firefighter-medic is on a mission to educate and distribute a lifesaving drug to people nationwide. Luis Garcia taught hundreds at FSW in Fort Myers how to distribute Narcan Friday. “I’ve gone all over Florida,” Garcia said. “I’ve never seen the turnout...

Twice in the past week-and-a-half, McCarthy said on Friday, Jan. 25, she hurried to the ICU after hearing someone had overdosed. Both times, her would-be clients died before she ever had a chance to meet with them.The two were among five people who have died...

Fentanyl pills are seen in this undated handout photo. Organized crime units in Alberta and Saskatchewan seized nearly $50,000 worth of drugs in an operation they say will help "stem the flow" of fentanyl in the two provinces. Calvin Turcsanyi, 36, of Edmonton was charged...

The California man who died at an Aspen hotel on New Year's Eve died of "combined drug intoxication" which included fentanyl, the Pitkin County Coroner's Office said Friday.Jonathan Irons, 26, was found by Aspen police officers in a room at the Hotel Jerome just before...