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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
Mexican police find 660 pounds of fentanyl in coconuts
December 2 2022 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico say police found 660 pounds (300 kilograms) of fentanyl pills packed into coconuts.
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 5, 20221 min read
7 students at LA middle school discharged from hospital after suspected overdoses
December 2 2022 Los Angeles CNN — Seven students who were hospitalized Thursday for a suspected drug overdose at a Los Angeles-area...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Drug and alcohol deaths increasing among US adults 65 and older, CDC data shows
November 30 2022 CNN — Deaths related to drug misuse and alcohol abuse appear to be on the rise among older adults in the United States,...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 1, 20221 min read
California Man Sentenced to 24 Years for Trafficking 33+ Kilograms of Methamphetamine
November 30 2022 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Juan Octavio Iribe Laveaga, 35, of Norwalk,...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Brevard, N.C. Woman Sentenced to 15 Years on Drug Charges
November 30 2022 ASHEVILLE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge Max Cogburn sentenced today Victoria Kerrigan Irby, 26, of Brevard, North...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Dec 1, 20221 min read
Opioid Crisis Fast Facts
November 16, 2022 Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Walmart Agrees to Pay $3.1 Billion to Settle Opioid Lawsuitsc
November 15, 2022 Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Authorities find 15,000 rainbow fentanyl pills in Lego box, largest seizure of the drug in NYC
October 05 , 2022 CNN — Federal authorities have accused a New Jersey woman of concealing approximately 15,000 rainbow-colored fentanyl...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read
Hidden Epidemic: Schools, parents, police scramble as US fentanyl crisis worsens
September 28, 2022 Twenty-year-old Charlie told "Nightline" that he's lucky to be alive after he nearly became one of the thousands of...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read
State Public Health Leaders Warn School Leaders of New Brightly Colored "Rainbow Fentanyl" Trend
September 22, 2022 SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) this week warned school leaders about a new and...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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