The crisis of opioid addiction has captured the attention of the public, lawmakers and the medical community. But while progress is being made against over-prescribing opioid painkillers, street drugs laced with fentanyl are becoming more common and more deadly.Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid much more...
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CHICO, California -- The first victim was outside the house, sprawled on a patio beside the garage. His friends were already performing CPR when Chico police got to the scene.The others are inside, they told police.Four more...
Share this article:Sheriff’s deputies in Lynwood helped save the lives of five men in two separate incidents who had overdosed on fentanyl, authorities said Monday. The first overdoses occurred Friday night, when deputies went to a residence in the 2600 block of 108th Street on a...
The City of Alexandria responded to four suspected opioid overdoses in 72 hours, including the deaths of two women.“We have created spike alert system, where when we see a certain number within a certain amount of time, we know that there could be a public...
CLOSE Nashville police have used Narcan to reverse 14 overdoses since last summer. Here are three of those stories. Brett Kelman, The TennesseanKINGSTON — A free training in Kingston next month will prepare North Kitsap residents to save lives in...
A drug overdose-rescue kit from a training session on how to administer naloxone, an opioid-overdose antidote. (Carolyn Thompson/AP) Patricia Sullivan Reporter covering government, politics and other regional issues in...
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – On Wednesday, Max’s Mission will be passing out Naloxone kits and fentanyl testing strips for free. The nasal spray naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose. According to Jackson County Public Health, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent...
SPRINGFIELD - Two men will be arraigned Tuesday on manslaughter charges in connection with the overdose death of David Simonoko in Ludlow in March.Bradley S. Hoffmeier, 23, of Ludlow, and Vashon B. Robinson, 23, face the involuntary...
A passerby’s video of Tallahassee Police making a shoplifting arrest Thursday showed a toddler climbing out the driver's side door of a pick-up truck and walking barefoot with her hands up over her head toward officers with their guns drawn. As the video ricocheted around social media...