First Responders

The Daily Mail is reporting one man dead and 12 more hospitalized after ‘mass overdose’ in California caused by fentanyl. According to The Sacramento Bee, authorities arrived at a home on the 1100 block of Santana Court around 9am on Saturday after receiving a 911 call from someone...

A mass fentanyl overdose incident in Northern California on Saturday left one dead and at least a dozen others hospitalized.At a news conference, Chico, California police captain Mike O’Brien said one man died at the scene and four other victims are in critical condition, reported...

Police in Northern California responded to a “mass casualty overdose” situation on Saturday that resulted in one death and a dozen people hospitalized.Authorities said that the incident was caused by exposure to the deadly opioid fentanyl, which also affected two responding officers, according to NBC...

Police said a mass overdose at a residence in Chico, California, has caused one death and 12 people to be hospitalized, adding that the number of fatalities could still rise. “Certainly there is potential for additional fatalities, I want to emphasize that,” Chico Police Chief Michael...

It could be considered more than a little perverse to greet the news of a fentanyl overdose event in Chico with a demand that drugs should now be legalised. But it is actually logical to do so. For what has killed here is the dosage...