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'Informed Consent': To Reduce Harm, Some Bay Area Venues Are Providing Fentanyl Testing Strips
October 6, 2021 Overdoses continuing to rise, some bay area venues are providing fentanyl testing strips to patrons and the public for free.
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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$1.8 million in drugs seized in multi-agency drug trafficking operation
September 16, 2021 More than $1 million dollars worth of illegal drugs are now off the streets in Monterey County, thanks to a...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Opioid Overdoses on the Rise in San Benito County
August 24, 2021 Along with our neighboring counties Santa Cruz, Monterey, and Santa Clara, as well as across California, is witnessing a...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Surge in Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses Among Homeless Connected to Methamphetamine Containing Fentanyl
August 13, 2021 San Jose had recently seen a spike in deaths due to individuals being sold methamphetamine that the users did not know...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Santa Cruz police respond to 14 overdoses in 14 days
August 2, 2021 Santa Cruz Police said they responded to the encampment at East Levee Monday morning for the latest overdose. Of the 14...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Overdoses Dipped at the start of the pandemic then, resumed, and this year they're soaring
August 2, 2021 "In April 2020, shortly after shelter-in-place took effect, drug-related overdose cases fell at Community Hospital of the...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Police use Narcan to save overdose patients
June 1, 2021 For at least the second time in less than a month, police delivered the Narcan medication to a San Benito County resident...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Fentanyl Is Killing More People During the Pandemic. In Santa Clara County, Victims Are Getting Youn
May 24, 2021 The increase mirrors a surge in drug overdoses in California and around the country during the pandemic. What’s notable...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Monterey County Man and Mexican Pharmacist Face Federal Charges for Local Fentanyl Overdose
October 8, 2020 A Monterey County man is in custody and charged by a federal grand jury for a 2019 deadly fentanyl overdose and the...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Santa Rosa mom who lost 1-year-old son and his father hopes her tragedy can help other addicts
August 24, 2020 The scene still plays over and over in her head: Walking into a Santa Rosa home and finding her 1-year-old son dead next...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Central Valley seeing increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths
August 19, 2020 The Central Valley is seeing an increase in counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl and causing a surge overdoses and deaths.
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Two Monterey County doctors accused of negligence by California Medical Board
August 3, 2020 Two Monterey County doctors, Dr. Eric Jacobson and Dr. Paul Tocchet, are facing accusations of negligence and petitions to...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Kilo of heroin seized in Watsonville: WPD
July 21, 2020 A kilo of heroin with a street value of at least $80,000 and an illegal short barreled assault rifle was seized by...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Opioid Task Force launches effort for safe storage, disposal of meds
July 14, 2020 San Benito County is not exempt to the high use of pain medications. Although there has been a significant decrease in...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Seaside teen accused of selling Fentanyl laced drugs that killed Carmel Valley man
June 23, 2020 A 19-year-old Seaside man has been arrested and charged with selling a counterfeit street drug laced with Fentanyl that...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Behavioral Health Program is a Success for Local Resident
June 18, 2020 Hollister is a community where everyone somehow knows each other. Some of the people we can recognize by driving through...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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County Behavioral Health Continues to Provide Care
June 17, 2020 Early in the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, staff at San Benito County Behavioral Health began to move essential...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Sun Street Centers Reopens Women’s Residential and Perinatal Recovery Program Monday June 8th
June 5, 2020 Sun Street Centers announces it has reopened the doors to its Women’s Residential and Perinatal Recovery Program in...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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No party we've ever seen': Town hall discusses increased opioid-abuse
February 8, 2020 Opioid-related overdoes and deaths continue to be a problem across California and the country. San Benito health and law...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Opioid Task Force to host Feb. 8 Town Hall
January 21, 2020 San Benito County Public Health Services invites the community to meet health care providers and state government...
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
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