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EMTs Revive Infant From Opioid Overdose

WHAT-A-WORLD – Aug. 9, 2024 - The baby began to cry after an EMT administered the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan. Medical staff at St. Joseph’s Hospital told police later that the infant had Cannabis and... Read More...

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Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl That Killed Infant

PRISON BOUND – July 30, 2024 - Federal investigators said Mendez cut, capped and packaged the drugs blamed for the baby’s death. Mendez, unlike his girlfriend, is represented by the federal public defender’s o... Read More...

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Could This Van Help People Quit Fentanyl?

YES? – July 21, 2024 - Methadone has been used for decades to treat opioid addiction. It is also difficult to come by, a problem health providers hope to ease with a new fleet of vans that can provide the drug... Read More...

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Why Fentanyl Users Are Bent Over

GRAVITY – July 17, 2024 - He has used fentanyl for about a year and a half and has found himself in that extreme bent-over position countless times. For him the drug was the only way he could get relief for hi... Read More...

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3-Year-Old Twins DEAD from Fentanyl-Laced Drugs

HELL ON EARTH – July 16, 2024 - “These innocent boys reportedly came into contact with fentanyl, an opioid that has wreaked havoc across our communities.” “The deadly capabilities of fentanyl cannot be o... Read More...

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Seattle’s New Approach for Treating Addiction — Gift Cards

ANYTHING CAN HELP – June 6, 2024 - Michael Crowley was among the first cohort of a new program being offered in Plymouth Housing buildings that ties small financial rewards to reducing, or eliminating, substan... Read More...

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Horrific Number of Older Black Men Dying of Overdoses

AN ENDING NO ONE DESERVES – June 3, 2024 - William, 63, killed by fentanyl and found in his ninth-floor unit in February 2023. Richard, 61, discovered in an apartment with multiple drugs in his system two and ... Read More...

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No End to Opioid Epidemic “in the foreseeable future”

VIDEO – PESSIMIST OR PROGNOSTICATOR? – May 29, 2024 - “What we have to understand is that with our growing knowledge of how the brain is affected in people with substance use disorders, is that fear or scolding is ... Read More...

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Gangs’ Greed Causing ‘mass overdoses’

AUDIO – PROFIT MOTIVE – May 29, 2024 - Public health officials say Mexican cartels and drug gangs inside the U.S. are mixing a dangerous chemical sedative called medetomidine into fentanyl and other drugs sold on t... Read More...

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75¢ to Numb The Pain

SOMETIMES ETERNITY – May 22, 2024 - “Fentanyl and meth, we do like five each a day,” Holly Wall and Brandon Kennedy said. “It numbs you. It numbs your pain.” Getting high is as easy as smoking one pill, and t... Read More...

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Fentanyl’s Causing Record Number of Youth Deaths

AUDIO – LOSING OUR CHILDREN – May 22, 2024 - The trend has shocked many pediatricians, who say they feel unprepared to provide counseling on opioid addiction. Across the country, fentanyl has largely fueled a more... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionfentanylMay 28 2024

Baltimore Becomes the Overdose Capital of America

A COUNTRY GONE MAD – May 23. 2024 - In the past 6 years, nearly 6,000 lives have been lost. The death rate from 2018 to 2022 was nearly double that of any other large city, and higher than nearly all of Appala... Read More...

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Man Found in Boss’ Bathroom 9 Hours After Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – ONE LAST SHOT – May 1, 2024 - His family says he struggled with addiction for years, but they continue to ask why he went unnoticed for so long after his death. “I was supposed to meet him that night at 10:... Read More...

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The Polysubstance Use Epidemic Has Arrived

MORE IS NOT BETTER – April 23, 2024 - The Millennium Health report is based on 4.1 million urine samples collected from people receiving drug addiction care between 2013 and 2023. A key finding: Of the fent... Read More...

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New York is Ground Zero For Fentanyl Epidemic

MAKE SUBOXONE FREE – April 4, 2024 - It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. Torren showed me how to connect to fentanyl dealers even on social media sites as apparently innocent as Instagram. He showed ... Read More...

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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 in these facilities for lack of proper, or really any, medical care. Please, please, not more heartbreak! How about tre... Read More...

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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 that drug right there because it’s unpredictable,” said Frank, homeless in Southwest Portland. “Every time ... Read More...

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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 experiencing fentanyl or other opioid overdose has an addiction to opioids and, therefore, should requi... Read More...

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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 houses and a busy auto body shop, Marsella Elie climbs the front steps of a private residence and knocks hard o... Read More...

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‘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 mean, it sounds crazy, but we’re trying to carry some bandages we’re carrying gauze tape. If you could see the wou... Read More...

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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 opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave,” which is not only placing drug users at greater risk but is also complicating effort... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024fentanylmethopioid crisisopioidsOverdoseoxycontin

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 the people who sold them those drugs,” Casey told ABC10 at a community vigil for her sister. Keely Pereira was visiting her hometo... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024fentanyllife expectancyOverdoseTrauma

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 on Saturday as she talks to guests during the seventh annual “A Night For Scott” at the John Marshall Ballrooms in ... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 27 2024fentanylinterventionInterviewRecoveryREEL Recovery Film Festival

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 data now points to a high number of people who are smoking drugs. The latest research is the lar... Read More...

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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 360. Hamilton’s death report states he was found dead in his office at 12:15 a.m. on Oct. 4 after ... Read More...

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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 overdosed while seeking drug treatment at Walden House, a longtime San Francisco facility fo... Read More...

Addiction RecoveryBig PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 20 2024fentanylOverdoseRehabTrauma

‘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 suspected overdose in a high school bathroom in Hollywood. Police reported that she and a friend had purchased pills they th... Read More...

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Fentanyl-Detecting Dogs at Work

MAN’S BEST FRIEND – Feb. 5, 2024 - Washington State has advanced a bill to train drug-sniffing dogs to detect fentanyl—and limit police liability in civil lawsuits over damages that result.Police wouldn’t be l... Read More...

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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 grisly tableau on the snow-covered patio. Mahoney first spotted the frozen body of one man, David Harrin... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 13 2024fentanyl

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

IMAGINATION DISTORTED – Jan. 29, 2024 - The tournament part of the “One Pill Can Kill Game Over Tournament,” where DEA guest commentators shared fentanyl misinformation soundbites while college students played Rocket... Read More...

Big PharmaBooks, Memoirs, Films, and MediaDrug Abuse and AddictionFeb 6 2024fentanylOverdose

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