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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...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Jul 5, 20231 min read
US customs officers find nearly 900,000 fentanyl pills hidden in shipment of sinks, authorities say
July 2, 2023 (CNN)US Customs and Border Protection officers in California say they stopped the attempted smuggling of fentanyl pills...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Jul 5, 20231 min read
After recent student fentanyl overdoses in Texas community, court documents reveal drug supplier
Feb 11, 2023 (CNN)Parents across the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD), located in a Dallas, Texas, suburb,...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Feb 22, 20231 min read
FDA advisers vote in favor of making opioid overdose antidote available over the counter
Feb 16, 2023 If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives the go-ahead, a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote Narcan...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Feb 22, 20231 min read
Biden: 'Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year'
Feb 7, 2023 President Biden speaks on the Fentanyl crisis, stating that it is killing "more than 70,000 Americans a year." He introduces...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Feb 9, 20231 min read
The Biden administration quietly eliminated a barrier to medication for opioid addiction
Feb 8, 2023 In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Biden highlighted a recent policy change aimed at increasing access...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Feb 9, 20231 min read
These Florida brothers ran one of the largest opioid ‘pill mills’ in US history. The FBI says...
Feb 3, 2023 Throngs of people hang outside the American Pain clinic in Boca Raton, Florida, waiting their turn. Inside, a doctor greets...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Feb 9, 20231 min read
New York authorities confiscated a record-breaking amount of fentanyl drugs in 2022
January 7, 2023 CNN — Authorities in New York seized record-breaking amounts of fentanyl powder and fake prescription pills laced with...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Jan 12, 20231 min read
Narcan could be required at California schools after youth fentanyl overdoses
Dec 8 , 2022 SACRAMENTO — Following spates of fentanyl overdoses among students, California public schools could be required to provide...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Jan 3, 20231 min read
The White House unveils a new system to track and better prevent opioid overdoses
Dec 8 , 2022 For decades, the U.S. struggled to create a national system for tracking opioid overdoses. Critics including Rep. David...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Jan 3, 20231 min read
Media outlets push fears of officers overdosing from fentanyl exposures. Doctors say it doesn’t add
Dec 22 , 2022 The body-cam footage is harrowing. A Florida police officer, who had discovered what she believed to be fentanyl during a...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Wage war on fentanyl or decriminalize? We must find a way to combat it.
Dec 27 , 2022 The letter to President Biden signed by 18 attorneys general called for an admittedly “unorthodox” solution to the...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 27, 20221 min read
FDA speeds up review of over-the-counter overdose-reversal drug
Dec 27 , 2022 The FDA granted a pharmaceutical nonprofit priority review to make an inexpensive, over-the-counter nasal spray that...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 27, 20221 min read
Group urges feds to investigate Snapchat over fentanyl sales
Dec 22 , 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 27, 20221 min read
DEA seized enough fentanyl to kill every person in the U.S. in 2022
Dec 20 , 2022 The Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday it has seized more than 379 million potentially fatal doses of illegal...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Cause of death: Washington faltered as fentanyl gripped America
Dec 12, 2022 During the past seven years, as soaring quantities of fentanyl flooded into the United States, strategic blunders and...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 22, 20221 min read
Fentanyl Cuts a Bitter Swath Through Milwaukee
Dec 12, 2022 The potent opioid increasingly is afflicting people of color in American cities. “I’ve seen a lot of terrible drugs,” said...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 19, 20221 min read
Drug overdose deaths slowing in the US after reaching record levels during the Covid-19 pandemic
December 14, 2022 Drug overdose deaths in the United States have slowed in recent months after reaching record levels earlier this year....
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 16, 20221 min read
Fentanyl found in classroom at Revere High School
December 8, 2022 REVERE - A bag of fentanyl was found at Revere High School, according to an email obtained by the WBZ I-Team. Parents...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 16, 20221 min read
California programs are waiting weeks for free Narcan to prevent overdose deaths
November 14, 2022 After losing her son Luke to an overdose, Sheila Scott has been trying to get “revenge on death,” she said. Scott...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 14, 20221 min read
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