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San Benito County health experts are fighting back against the opioid epidemic

November 5, 2019 To fight back against the epidemic, the San Benito Opioid Task Force is focusing on educating teenagers about the...

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Nov 23, 20221 min read

Safe Teens Empowerment Project in Salinas works to raise awareness about the dangers of drugs

October 23, 2019 Since the uptick in overdose deaths from both opioids and stimulants such as methamphetamine, their work is becoming...

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Nov 23, 20221 min read

Be aware of counterfeit prescription drugs laced with Fentanyl in Hollister/San Benito County

October 22, 2019 It is believed fentanyl has been laced in counterfeit prescription narcotics that are being sold in our community....

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Nov 23, 20221 min read

Two fentanyl overdoses in two days, one fatal, in San Benito County

October 22, 2019 San Benito County Sheriff's Office put out a warning of increase in opioid overdoses due to counterfeit pills containing...

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Nov 23, 20221 min read

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister receives $129k opioid treatment grant

October 16, 2019 The program enables their ER to treat anyone who is experiencing withdrawal from opioids or anyone who needs support...

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Nov 23, 20221 min read

A lost decade and $200,000: one dad’s crusade to save his daughters from addiction

October 9, 2019 There are treatments that work, but rehab facilities don't have to use them. A Gilroy family learned that the hard way.

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Hollister police, fire revive man who overdosed

July 24, 2019 The Hollister Police Department & Hollister Fire Department revived a man after he was found not breathing from a suspected...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Sun Street Centers celebrates renewed three-year accreditation

June 18, 2019 Since 1968, Sun Street Centers has worked to treat patients with alcohol and drug addiction. On July 12, Sun Street Centers...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

$27,000 worth of heroin found under the floorboard of a Watsonville home

April 7, 2019 A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday morning at a Watsonville home after a police dog sniffed out 138 grams of heroin...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Cocaine user didn’t know it was fentanyl. He died. Sheriff says the crisis has arrived

January 14, 2019 The fentanyl drug overdose crisis that first erupted back east has come to Fresno County in a case where a Fresno man...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Copy of Opioid Task Force Reflects On One-Year Milestones

January 12, 2019 One person has died and four are in critical condition after a mass drug overdose at a house in Chico, Calif. A total of...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Opioid Task Force Reflects On One-Year Milestones

October 23, 2018 San Benito County Opioid Task Force updated the San Benito County Board of Supervisors on its achievements since its...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Overdose Reversal Drug Credited with Saving Local Lives

June 26, 2018 2 individuals lives have been saved in San Benito County by Naloxone, an overdose reversal medication, made possible by a...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

Public Health Officer Responds to County Opioid Lawsuit

May 19, 2018 San Benito County Public Health Officer Dr. Gail Newel discusses joining in on the lawsuit versus pharmacy giants.

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

San Benito County Files Lawsuit, Joins Fight Against Opioid Companies

May 18, 2018 San Benito County joins more than 30 counties in California to file legal action against pharmaceutical companies over the...

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Nov 22, 20221 min read

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