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Every ER Doctor Will See An Overdose Every Shift

AUDIO – HOW MANY GET TO GO HOME? – Aug. 9, 2022 - “This is an expected type of patient presentation. Just like a heart attack or stroke or patient with sepsis, this is something that every emergency doctor work... Read More...

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13-Year-Old Boy Dead from Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

VIDEO – ARE YOU SOBBING OR SCREAMING? – Aug. 12, 2022 - AURORA, Colo. — Younger and younger kids are being impacted by the opiate epidemic. On Wednesday, 13-year-old Jose Hernandez was found dea... Read More...

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Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case is First of its Kind

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD – Aug. 8, 2022 - ndictments have been issued in similar overdose cases in Duval County and West Palm Beach, among others, and some fentanyl dealers have been prosecuted federally, inc... Read More...

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Dee Taylor-John Celebrating 5 Years Advocates for Education, Healing

VIDEO – WOUNDED HEALER AT WORK – July 29, 2022 - Harm reduction plays a major role in supporting community members experiencing a substance use disorder, said Brandon-based Solange Machado, network co-or... Read More...

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Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

VIDEO – COMMUNITY HEARTACHE SHARED – July 30 2022 - Video Only - Boonville residents raise money for addiction billboard. more@WAGMTV ... Read More...

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New York City Busts Decline, Overdose Deaths Soar

LIVE AND LET DIE? – July 30, 2022 - Before their son Paul fatally overdosed on fentanyl-laced cocaine, Robert and Donna Mina of Staten Island recall few, if any services to help him — and allegedly littl... Read More...

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New Jersey’s EXTREME Plan to End Fentanyl Deaths

COULD LOCK THEM UP WORK? – July 25, 2022 - He said this may sound harsh but “it is such a volatile and lethal drug, those who inject or inhale fentanyl run the risk of immediate death.” “It’s very lethal, th... Read More...

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DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

VIDEO – MURDER IN MIAMI – July 18, 2022 - Mass-overdose events typically occur when criminals market drugs like cocaine, meth, or heroin when the drug is actually a synthetic opioid like fentanyl or when drug d... Read More...

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Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust

SWALLOWING DEATH? – July 6, 2022 - Gov. Jared Polis signed Colorado’s new “fentanyl accountability” bill at a ceremony at the state Capitol in May – the new law provides stricter criminal penalties for the poss... Read More...

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What’s Really Going on in Those Police Fentanyl Exposure Videos?

BS? – July 13. 2022 - It’s not that the symptoms seen on video are feigned. Some psychologists suggest a kind of “mass psychogenic illness” is afoot, or a form of conversion disorder — neurological symptoms wit... Read More...

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Move Over, Heroin

A GRAVE DESTINATION – July 6, 2022 - But he said people prefer fentanyl to heroin because it is a consumer-driven industry, it’s less expensive and easily accessible and available. People who are selling it are... Read More...

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Playing Russian Roulette…How Fentanyl Addiction Tore a Santa Clarita Family Apart

LAST ADDICT STANDING – July 1, 2022 - Their lives resembled those of the many trapped by addiction – in and out of rehab, jail cells and hospital beds – until the two Santa Clarita parents suffering from fentan... Read More...

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It’s An Overdose Crisis, NOT An Opioid Crisis

HARM REDUCTION is DEATH REDUCTION – June 27, 2022 - Anyone using pills or powder needs a naloxone kit, too.Rebrand naloxone as an overdose prevention drug rather than a drug that reverses an opioid ove... Read More...

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I’ve come a long way’: Florida Woman Finds Hope and Passion

VIDEO – REBORN IN RECOVERY – June 27, 2022 - Tina Sizemore shares her story of drug use and addiction -- her lowest point and her road to recovery -- and her new passion for gardening. Opioid use continues to ... Read More...

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Jaylon Ferguson, Baltimore Ravens Linebacker, Died From an Overdose

COKE CAN KILL – July 1, 2022 - Bruce Goldfarb, spokesman for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Maryland, said Mr. Ferguson’s death had been ruled accidental. The Baltimore police previously ... Read More...

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Mexican Cartels Targeting Montana With Fentanyl

VIDEO – FIRST AMERICANS DYING – June 22, 2022 - Ollinger was right. Her 33-year-old son, Justin Lee Littledog, died March 7 of a fentanyl overdose. She says his autopsy’s toxicology report showed there was 15.5... Read More...

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ISO New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid Emerging

HOW CAN THINGS GET WORSE? – June 1, 2022 - In powder form, ISO can appear yellow, brown, or off-white in color. DEA regional forensic laboratories have seen this drug mixed into heroin and/or fentanyl (and mark... Read More...

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Inmate Overdoses After Man Brings Drugs to Jail

SO MANY PRISONS – June 20, 2022 - A man has been arrested and charged with involuntary manslaughter after an inmate died of a drug overdose from drugs that the man smuggled into the jail, according to the Sciot... Read More...

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HHS Announces $10 Million for Rural Communities to Respond to Surging Fentanyl Overdoses

MONEY MAKES A DIFFERENCE? – June 17, 2022 - “Behind every overdose death is a family and a community,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. “When we fund partnerships that increase access to effective, evidence-b... Read More...

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White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE – June 15, 2022 - Dr. Rahu Gupta also acknowledged the growing power of Mexican drug cartels and other international narcotics gangs that “operate seamlessly across borders and cooperate wi... Read More...

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San Diego Rehab Reacts to Rampant Drug Abuse

AUDIO – WHO FIGHTS FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR US? – June 10, 2022 - The Drug Enforcement Administration is investigating a suspected fentanyl overdose death on the campus. And people who work with other instituti... Read More...

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Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide

LIFE AND LESS DEATH – June 4, 2022 - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody tweeted a copy of one of the woke NYC subway ads — which also says druggies should feel “empowered” when they use potentially lethal fe... Read More...

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School Employee Arrested For Giving Fentanyl to Students wild

VIDEO – SHE’S A CRUMB BUM – May 19, 2022 - Riverside police say their investigation started on Tuesday afternoon after they were called to the school to deal with an incorrigible student. “This is the type o... Read More...

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The New York Times Finally Discovers Fentanyl and Death

WHAT TOOK THEM SO LONG? – May 20, 2022 - Last year, fentanyl — a synthetic opioid — caused more overdose deaths than any other drug has in a single year. The second-deadliest drug was meth, which is also produ... Read More...

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Mother Knows Pain of Losing

VIDEO – MOURN THE MOURNING – May 11, 2022 - She remembered the night she received the worst news of her life. “It’s a doorbell ring you never want to get,” Miniard said. “Two Jacksonville detectives were st... Read More...

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Family Grieving After 15-year-old girl Dies

VIDEO – HER FUTURE IS OVER – May 12, 2022 - A small-town South Carolina family found their daughter dead in her bedroom after she took a $3 pill that turned out to be fentanyl. Lana Hooker-Hashem was an honor s... Read More...

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The Must-Have Gear for Going Out This Summer!

SAVE AN ADDICT – May 5, 2022 - Godvin sprang into action. With the help of a network of volunteers, she gave away naloxone (often referred to by its brand name, Narcan) at Atmosphere’s shows across the country... Read More...

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Indigenous Americans See Five-Fold Increase in Fatal Overdoses in 20 Years

THE AMERICAN WAY? – May 3, 2022 - The data showed deaths in which opioids were involved increased from 5.2 to 33.9 per 100,000 Indigenous Americans in total. “These findings highlight existing inequities in ... Read More...

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Every ER Doctor Will See An Overdose Every Shift

13-Year-Old Boy Dead from Accidental Fentanyl Overdose

Fentanyl Overdose Murder Case is First of its Kind

Computer Algorithms Improve Timeliness of Overdose Data

Dee Taylor-John Celebrating 5 Years Advocates for Education, Healing

Residents Raise Money for Addiction Billboard

Jewish Communities Grapple with Addiction as Crisis Ravages US

New York City Busts Decline, Overdose Deaths Soar

New Jersey’s EXTREME Plan to End Fentanyl Deaths

DEA in Miami Warns of Synthetic Drug Mass Overdose Events

Colorado: 200,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized in Life-Saving Bust

What’s Really Going on in Those Police Fentanyl Exposure Videos?

Move Over, Heroin

Playing Russian Roulette…How Fentanyl Addiction Tore a Santa Clarita Family Apart

It’s An Overdose Crisis, NOT An Opioid Crisis

I’ve come a long way’: Florida Woman Finds Hope and Passion

Jaylon Ferguson, Baltimore Ravens Linebacker, Died From an Overdose

Mexican Cartels Targeting Montana With Fentanyl

ISO New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid Emerging

Inmate Overdoses After Man Brings Drugs to Jail

HHS Announces $10 Million for Rural Communities to Respond to Surging Fentanyl Overdoses

White House Pushes Strategy to Slow Overdoses as Street Drugs Grow Deadly

San Diego Rehab Reacts to Rampant Drug Abuse

Florida Attorney General Accuses NYC Health Dept. of Homicide

School Employee Arrested For Giving Fentanyl to Students wild

The New York Times Finally Discovers Fentanyl and Death

Mother Knows Pain of Losing

Family Grieving After 15-year-old girl Dies

The Must-Have Gear for Going Out This Summer!

Indigenous Americans See Five-Fold Increase in Fatal Overdoses in 20 Years