Nonprofit holds 'Cure Addiction' forum to raise awareness of drug overdose
Every 90 seconds, a person dies from an overdose with fentanyl-laced drugs playing a role. A nonprofit held a “Cure Addiction” forum in hopes of putting an end to overdoses in America.
Nonprofit holds 'Cure Addiction' forum
Every 90 seconds, a person dies from an overdose with fentanyl-laced drugs playing a role.
‘Rainbow fentanyl’: DEA warns of colorful synthetic drugs aimed at attracting young people
The colorful narcotics were seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration in 18 different states this month alone.
Parents seek drug dealer in daughter’s death, offer reward: ‘No questions asked’
Robert Gilliam says he and his wife are putting drug dealers on notice after their 22-year-old daughter died from an overdose.
Gov. Newsom vetoes bill allowing safe injection sites in California, including Los Angeles
California is shutting the door on safe injection sites after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed them in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland.
Polk sheriff: 85 arrested, $12.8M in drugs seized after wiretap investigation takes down drug trafficking ring
Authorities say a two-year undercover investigation resulted in 85 arrests, the seizure of over $12.8 million worth of drugs, and the dismantling of an international drug trafficking organization whose ringleaders operated out of Winter Haven.
Safe injection sites could be signed into law by Gov. Newsom
Critics of the bill say it opens the door to more illicit drug use and all the baggage that can come with it.
LA County deputy rushed to hospital after suspected fentanyl exposure while responding to scene
A Los Angeles County deputy was rushed to the hospital after a fentanyl scare.
Over a million fentanyl pills seized in Inglewood
According to the DEA, this is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills the DEA has made in California.
Fentanyl risk from $1 bill? Drug safety expert dispels myths about second-hand exposure
In a viral Facebook post, a Kentucky woman says she had to be hospitalized after picking up a dollar bill from the ground that she thinks was laced with the drug fentanyl.
California college campuses look to fentanyl testing strips as a solution to stop overdoses among students
California residents who have seen loved ones die from fentanyl overdoses support making the testing strips more available.
Fullerton man charged with possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people
Suspected drug dealer Alfonso Gomez-Santana has been charged with several felonies for possessing enough fentanyl to kill 12 million people, nearly four times the population of Orange County.
Lauren Boebert introduces bill to classify fentanyl as weapon of mass destruction
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, a freshman representing Colorado’s 3rd district, is pushing to classify the synthetic opioid fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction.
LAUSD issues warning after 3 students ingest ecstasy pills laced with fentanyl
According to a letter sent to parents, the three students "suffered neurological consequences."
3 girls hospitalized in apparent drug overdose in Santa Monica
Three teenage girls who apparently overdosed on an unknown substance at an apartment in Santa Monica were hospitalized.
School bus driver accused of giving fentanyl to students
A school bus driver in Riverside is accused of giving students fentanyl.
2 maintenance workers die after fentanyl exposure at downtown LA apartment complex
Two maintenance workers are dead after police believe they may have been exposed to fentanyl at a downtown Los Angeles apartment complex.
3 men dead after suspected fentanyl overdose in downtown Los Angeles; LAPD officer possibly exposed
Authorities Friday identified two of three men found dead of apparent fentanyl overdoses in a downtown Los Angeles apartment as Mirko Salaris, 48, and Jason Turnage, 47.
OC drug bust: Two drug dealers had enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million people, DA says
It’s the largest drug bust in Orange County in nearly 16 years. Charges have been filed against two alleged drug dealers from Buena Park who had enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million people, the district attorney’s office stated.
OC drug bust: Two drug dealers had enough fentanyl to kill 4.7 million people, DA says
It’s the largest drug bust in Orange County in nearly 16 years.