County pharmacist says illicit use of xylazine likely in San Benito County
October 18, 2023 Xylazine, a tranquilizer used in veterinary medicine, is quickly becoming a street drug often mixed in with other drugs...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Fremont mother arrested after 23-month-old son dies from fentanyl exposure
November 8, 2023 FREMONT – A Fremont woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after her 23-month-old son died from a fentanyl exposure...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Failing Phoenix: Santa Clara County knew of parents’ drug use, previous neglect and ‘very high’ risk
November 7, 2023 FREMONT — Kristofer Ferreyra was 10 days shy of his second birthday last month when Fremont police say he somehow...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Fentanyl’s toll spikes, for some
October 10, 2023 More people without college degrees are dying from drug overdoses than those who went to college, highlighting the need...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Temecula man sentenced to prison in first fentanyl-related murder trial
Nov 3, 2023 A Temecula man who gave a pill laced with fentanyl to a 26-year-old woman who died from the drug was sentenced Friday to 15...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Oct 17
- 1 min
Narcan used to save an MST bus rider in Soledad
October 11, 2023 SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- A MST Bus Rider was taken to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after Narcan was...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Oct 13
- 1 min
Narcan, now available without a prescription, can still be hard to get
October 19, 2023 (KFF Health News) — Last month, drugstores and pharmacies nationwide began stocking and selling the country’s first...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Oct 13
- 1 min
2 arrested in connection to overdose death in Monterey
October 6, 2023 MONTEREY, Calif. — Two people have been arrested in connection to the overdose death of a woman Thursday afternoon in...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 28
- 1 min
Salinas Valley Health says two patients are still in critical condition after taking cocaine laced
September 25 , 2023 MARINA, Calif. — SALINAS, Calif. (KION-TV)- The fight against fentanyl appears to be never-ending. Salinas Valley...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Day care operator charged in baby's fentanyl death allegedly deleted more than 20K text messages
September 19, 2023 A New York City day care operator allegedly deleted more than 20,000 messages between her and her husband sent from...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds
August 31, 2023 CNN — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan is arriving in stores
Sept 6 , 2023 CNN — The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 8
- 1 min
‘This isn’t some random dude with a duffel bag’: To catch fentanyl traffickers, feds dig into crypto
August 5, 2023 Washington CNN — The Biden administration has intensified its focus on tracing cryptocurrency payments that some of the...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Marina man convicted of fentanyl selling charges
Aug 16 , 2023 MARINA, Calif. — A Marina man was convicted of drug and gun crimes in a jury ruling on Wednesday. Royce Curl, 40, was...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Families of fentanyl overdose victims speak out
Aug 8 , 2023 MONTEREY, Calif. — MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — Montage Health released data that indicates fentanyl cases were on the rise in...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Sep 8
- 1 min
Monterey woman arrested for dealing fentanyl
Sept 5 , 2023 MONTEREY, Calif. — A Monterey woman was arrested for selling fentanyl. Rachel Gilliam, 25, was arrested after a probation...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Aug 10
- 1 min
Cause of death determined for grandson of Robert De Niro
August 9, 2023 CNN — The cause of death for Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, the grandson of Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, has been...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 26
- 1 min
First recorded death from animal tranquilizer xylazine reported in Santa Cruz County
July 7 , 2023 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, commonly known as tranq, was listed as the cause of death of a...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 14
- 1 min
Sheriff says baby dies after teen mom put fentanyl in bottle
July 14 , 2023 CNN — A 9-month-old baby in Florida died after his teenage mother allegedly put fentanyl in his bottle before putting him...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Dog that ate owner's prescription medication revived with Narcan, Marin Humane says
July 12, 2023 A North Bay animal services officer used a life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug to revive a dog that had accidentally...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Murder charge over fentanyl-laced pills that caused San Jose woman’s death
June 28 2023 SAN JOSE — A Monterey County man has been charged with murder in the fentanyl-overdose death of a San Jose woman earlier...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Xylazine-laced fentanyl is causing wounds and scrambling efforts to stop overdoses
June 22, 2023 CNN — WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Narcan saved the life of this poodle after suffering apparent drug overdose
April 22, 2023 CNN — A poodle named Toodles in Pennsylvania was revived with Narcan after suffering an apparent drug overdose,...
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sbcopioidtaskforce
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Woman accused of killing her husband and then writing a children’s book about grief is sued by his
June 29, 2023 CNN — Kouri Richins, the Utah widow accused of killing her husband with a fentanyl overdose and then writing a children’s...
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