fentanyl

Gov. Gavin Newsom to Spend $6.4 Billion on Treatment That Works, HOPEFULLY

AUDIO – ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE –   April 7, 2024 - We’ve told you about so many people who’ve died…

7 months ago

Portland’s Overdose Response Team Sees 90 OD’s in One Month

VIDEO – SAVE MORE LIVES –   March 29, 2024 - Fentanyl will kill you. It’s heartless. You never underestimate…

7 months ago

City Council Proposes Mandatory Treatment for Fentanyl/Opiate Overdoses

VIDEO – CAN YOU MAKE THEM QUIT? – March 25, 2024 - “Administration of Naloxone is indicative that the individual…

8 months ago

Stopping Fentanyl Deaths by Knocking on Doors and Giving Out Overdose Kits

THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE –   Feb. 25, 2024 - On a narrow North Philadelphia street lined with row…

9 months ago

‘Tranq’ Mixed with Fentanyl in Phoenix

VIDEO – EVEN IN ARIZONA – Feb. 28, 2024 - “It’s so scary, like we’re actually carrying triage kits. I…

9 months ago

Opioid Epidemic Continues to Crash Ashore, Surfing on Fentanyl and Meth

WILL IT NEVER STOP? – Feb. 21, 2024 - The United States is knee-deep in what some experts call the…

9 months ago

The Fentanyl in the Coke Killed Her Sister

VIDEO – NOT FAIR –   Feb. 21, 2024 - I’m angry at what happened to them. I’m angry at…

9 months ago

She was Arrested and it Saved Her Life

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE – Feb. 18, 2024 - Jill Cichowicz, who founded the group 2 End The Stigma, smiles…

9 months ago

More OD Deaths Linked to Smoking Drugs Than Injecting Them

CONTRADICTORY? –   Feb. 15, 2024 - While the number of adults who injected drugs increased during that period, the…

9 months ago

Employee at San Francisco Sober House Fatally Overdosed on the Job

NO ONE IS IMMUNE – Feb. 25, 2024 - Supervisor Catherine Stefani, left, has been critical of the nonprofit HealthRight…

9 months ago

S.F.’s Largest Treatment Provider Investigated After Overdose Deaths

CORPORATE MISTAKES? –   Feb. 9, 2024 - California officials are investigating the recent deaths of two men who fatally…

9 months ago

‘Just say no’ can kill kids.’

TEACH, DON’T PREACH – Feb. 3, 2024 - Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a…

9 months ago

Fentanyl-Detecting Dogs at Work

MAN’S BEST FRIEND –   Feb. 5, 2024 - Washington State has advanced a bill to train drug-sniffing dogs to…

9 months ago

Unraveling Mystery of Kansas City Chiefs Fans’ Frozen Fentanyl Deaths

THE END –   Feb. 3, 2024 -  She walked upstairs, looked out the large back windows and saw a…

9 months ago

Did The DEA Make Up Faux “Fentanyl Facts” Quiz?

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where…

10 months ago

Fentanyl Forum Tells parents to Talk With Their Children

AUDIO – COMMUNICATION IS KEY –   Jan. 24, 2024 - The message during a recent public health forum  was…

10 months ago

New Synthetic Opioids Could Make Fentanyl Crisis Look Like ‘the good old days’

THE GOOD OLD DAYS WEREN’T – Jan. 23, 2024  - Chemists refer to this category of drugs as “nitazenes,” even…

10 months ago

Get To Know “gas station heroin”

DON’T USE AND DRIVE! –   Jan. 24, 2024 - Many tianeptine users are taking the substance because they believe…

10 months ago

Jelly Roll Delivers Powerful Anti-Fentanyl Testimony at Senate Hearing

TRUTH TO POWER – Jan. 11, 2024 - Jelly Roll is not shy about his past as a drug dealer.…

10 months ago

Trump White House Pharmacy Handed Out Fentanyl, Ambien and Provigil Like Candy

SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUMMIES –   Jan. 24, 2024 - White House pharmacists reportedly distributed uppers and downers like candy…

10 months ago

Zombie Drug Rumored To Contain Human Bones

VIDEO – IMAGINE THAT – Jan. 17, 2024 - The drug, known as “kush,” causes users to walk around like…

10 months ago

L.A. Musician Luis Vasquez, DJ Juan Mendez Found Dead of Possible Fentanyl Overdose

TOO SAD –   Jan. 21, 2024 - Jose “Luis” Vasquez, a California musician who found fame with the post-punk…

10 months ago

San Francisco Blows Past Overdose Death Rate In 2023

VIDEO – LIFE ON THE STREETS –   Jan. 17, 2024 - San Francisco recorded 806 accidental drug overdoses in…

10 months ago

Flesh Rotting Drug Stays Popular

PHOTO GALLERY – DARE YOU TO LOOK? – Dec. 30, 2023 - Tranq makes life darker. The opioid crisis has…

11 months ago

Fentanyl Super Labs in Canada Pose New Threat

NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR – Dec. 24, 2023 - Thousands of miles away outside Toronto, police in August found what is…

11 months ago

What To Know About Nitazenes?

VIDEO – IT AIN’T GOOD – Dec. 23, 2023 - The coroner told CBS News that while Denver has seen…

11 months ago

REALITY: Opioids More Potent Than Fentanyl

EUPHORIA HAS A PRICE – Dec. 10, 2023 - Ross told her husband she’d gone out and used methamphetamine and…

11 months ago

Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

METHADON’T WORK –   Nov. 21, 2023 - Neither Suboxone nor methadone is designed to treat addiction to xylazine or…

12 months ago

Addicted Fishermen Catch Fentanyl Death

DANGEROUS WATERS ON LAND –   Nov. 14, 2023 - As the crew of the clam vessel Lori Ann prepared…

12 months ago

New Drug Worsening Fentanyl Crisis

NPR AUDIO – THE WAR AT HOME – Nov. 4, 2023 - SIMON: More than 111,000 people died of overdoses…

1 year ago