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Mom Shares Story of Son’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

SO SAD – Feb. 12, 2026 - Lantz Tucker came home from work exhausted and ready for bed. Before turning in, the 22-year-old from Kansas took what he believed was an oxycodone pill. He never woke up.His mother fou... Read More...

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Mass Overdose in Downtown Indianapolis

VIDEO – WHY? – Feb. 12, 2026 - Six people were hospitalized after a suspected mass overdose in downtown Indianapolis Wednesday morning. Read More ... Read More...

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Synthetic Cannabis – aka K2 – a Rising Factor in Nonfatal Overdoses

KEEP IT REAL – Feb. 12, 2026 - K2 is not actually cannabis, but rather a chemical that produces a hallucinogenic effect, and is most commonly sprayed on plant matter or paper, though it may also be vaped, according t... Read More...

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Joshua Project Delivers Help Amid Homeless Overdose Crisis

VIDEO – FEEDING THE POOR – Feb. 12, 2026 - Members of The Joshua Project, a faith-based outreach organization, set up tables offering clothes, warm drinks and information about recovery resources. Organizers said wha... Read More...

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Fentanyl Overdoses Hitting The Elderly

VIDEO – HANDLE WITH CARE – Feb. 13, 2026 - Fentanyl continues to be the primary cause of drug overdose deaths in the United States. Even a very small amount of it can cause a lethal overdose. Last year, synthet... Read More...

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‘Disturbing’ Scenes: Record Overdoses as Powerful Sedative Hits B.C.

ADDICTS BEWARE – Jan. 29, 2026 - She said workers were finding about 20 people unconscious each night, “lying out in the cold in the street,” and suffering memory loss due to overdoses. Goodison said the workers w... Read More...

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US Overdose Deaths Fell in 2025

THANK GOD – Jan. 14, 2026 - U.S. overdose deaths fell through most of last year, suggesting a lasting improvement in an epidemic that had been worsening for decades. Federal data released Wednesday showed th... Read More...

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Report Shows Pennsylvania Overdose Program REVERSED 9000 Overdoses

GO JOSH SHAPIRO – Jan. 8, 2026 - The program is run by the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs and focused on preventing fatal overdoses in PA. It does this by distributing supplies to local organizations, provid... Read More...

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Leading Overdose Killer is Cocaine. How do we treat it?

COKE IS BACK – Jan. 6, 2026 - For the first time in decades, cocaine is killing more people in Cuyahoga County than opioids – including fentanyl – and the drug is going to require a different type of treatment and pr... Read More...

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He trusted ChatGPT for drug advice then died of an overdose

AUDIO – INTERNET KILLS – Jan. 5, 2025 - On a Sunday two years ago, Sam Nelson opened up ChatGPT and started typing. Naturally, for an 18-year-old on the verge of college, he decided to ask for advice about drugs. “Ho... Read More...

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Naloxone Boxes: OD Antidote Accessible 24/7 for Free

NO ONE HAS TO DIE – Dec. 30, 2025 - “Naloxone is such a safe, easy-to-use, lifesaving tool, and it’s often treated like, ‘Oh, this is a medicine—we have to safeguard it, we have to restrict it,’” co-author Shelley Fa... Read More...

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Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Victoria Found Dead in Suspected Overdose at SF Hotel

HOW UTTERLY SAD – Jan. 2, 2026 - Victoria, who was 34, was found unresponsive early on Thursday, Jan. 1 at the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel, where she was pronounced dead, PEOPLE previously reported. In dispatch audi... Read More...

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Overdose Crisis is Turning Around

LESSONS LEARNED? – Dec. 25, 2025 - Overdose deaths are falling at a pace the United States has not seen in decades. Centers for Disease Control projections show a nearly 25% decline for the twelve months ending in Ap... Read More...

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Overdose Deaths Down In The U.S.

AUDIO – THE RIGHT DIRECTION – Nov. 30, 2025 - Methadone helps patients like Trina resist cravings for fentanyl. It’s been around for decades, but most patients have to find their way to a designated methadone clinic ... Read More...

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Dramatic Decreases in Drug Deaths

HOPE IS IN THE AIR – Nov. 24, 2025 - Drug deaths in New Hampshire fell 33.4% from 2023 to 2024, according to data from the New Hampshire Drug Monitoring Initiative. That’s the largest single-year decrease in over a d... Read More...

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Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Funds Wisely?

FOUND MONEY LOST – Nov. 2025 - In March 2022, companies involved in the opioid crisis reached a settlement with New Jersey that would provide the state $1 billion over 18 years. These funds were generally understood ... Read More...

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The Opioid Crisis We’re Not Measuring

WHY NOT? – Nov. 19, 2025 - We Can’t Fix the Opioid Crisis If We Don’t Know What’s Killing People. Much of our country still relies on toxicology panels built for yesterday’s drug supply. These panels can reliably ide... Read More...

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Judge Orders Sackler Family to Pay $7.4 Billion in Opioid Settlement

MURDERERS ROW – Nov. 14, 2025 - In thousands of lawsuits, Purdue and members of the Sackler family were later accused of aggressively marketing OxyContin, while misleading doctors and patients over its addiction and ... Read More...

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The ‘Empty Shoe Project’ Honors Lives Lost to Addiction

VIDEO – STEPS NEVER TAKEN MEMORIAL – Nov. 9, 2025 - To honor lives lost to addiction in Delaware, “Hope on Deck” placed a piece of footwear where loved ones would have stood. It’s called the “Empty Shoe Project,” ... Read More...

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Cincinnati: One Day Sees 30 Horrifying Heroin Overdoses

SHOULD BE LEGAL AND REGULATED? – August 23, 2025 - Cincinnati emergency crews responded to 30 heroin overdoses in the course of one day Tuesday, August 23. Officials said most of the overdoses were located in the we... Read More...

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4 Softball Team Members Found Dead After Overdose

SOFTBALL TRAGEDY – October 22, 2025 - Four members of the same softball team were found dead from apparent drug overdoses inside a Fullerton apartment. The Fullerton Police Department’s Communication Center received ... Read More...

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Fewer Than Half of Drug Overdose Survivors Go to the Hospital

INDEPENDENT ADDICTS – Oct. 23, 2025 - The researchers found that 25.7 percent of participants had experienced at least one NFOD in the prior year. During the most recent NFOD, use of naloxone was reported by 82.1 per... Read More...

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Libraries in Chicago Reduces Overdose Deaths

GO BEARS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Even libraries have become part of the city’s arsenal in the fight against drug overdose deaths. Chicagoans can get free drug test strips at the city’s public libraries – as well as naloxon... Read More...

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Man Ferrying Cocaine from UK to Dubai in His Stomach – Dies of Overdose

TOO SAD – Oct. 6, 2025 - Jensen Westhead - the 20-year-old British man swallowed several bags of cocaine at a hotel in Manchester, and two days later, they exploded on a flight to Dubai. Jensen Westhead was found dea... Read More...

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Deadly Mix Drives Staggering Rise in Overdose Deaths of Seniors

MARKETING MATTERS – Oct. 17, 2025 - Among adults 65 and older, overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants — like cocaine and methamphetamines — have surged 9,000% in the last eight years, which matches rates... Read More...

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More Kids Losing Parents to Overdose, Suicide and Homicide

HOME GROWN ORPHANS – Oct. 16, 2025 - “Parental deaths from overdoses, homicides, suicides, and other substance-related causes are associated with more adverse health outcomes and higher rates of early mortality in th... Read More...

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Overdose Scientist Receives MacArthur ‘genius’ Award

SCIENCE MATTERS – Oct. 8, 2025 - Nabarun Dasgupta digs through drug overdose data obsessively, scrutinizing the latest numbers from around the U.S. for clues about America’s deadly overdose crisis. Fatal overdoses we... Read More...

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Thousands of Tombstones on National Mall Mark Overdose Deaths

DYING FOR A FIX – Sept. 28, 2025 - Nearly 4,000 hand-painted tombstones were placed on the National Mall, stretching from 7th St. SW to 12th Street SW this weekend. The tombstones featured the names, pictures and ... Read More...

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Opioid Addictions Often Untreated As Youth Overdose Rapidly Rise in U.S.

HORRIBLE – Sept. 26, 2025 - In 2023, 557 teens died of opioid overdose, nearly threefold as many as in 2018, while adult opioid deaths only went up by 65% during this time, according to the study. Drug overdoses are ... Read More...

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How a Doctor Went from Treatment Pioneer to Window Washer in Prison

BECAUSE HE’S GUILTY – Sept. 24, 2025 - Doctors could prescribe methadone for pain but needed special permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe the medication for opioid use disorder. S... Read More...

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