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State of California—Health and Human Services Agency California Department of Public Health
September 21, 2022 Fentanyl (an extremely potent and dangerous synthetic opioid) continues to be a major contributor to drug overdoses...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read


DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans
August 30, 2022 WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration is advising the public of an alarming emerging trend of colorful...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read


DEA warns of brightly colored fentanyl 'used to target young Americans'
August 22, 2022 (CNN)The US Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning Tuesday about "brightly-colored fentanyl used to target...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read


Rapper Fetty Wap pleads guilty to cocaine conspiracy, federal prosecutor says
August 22, 2022 (CNN)-Rapper Fetty Wap has pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to possess and distribute 500 grams or more of...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 21, 20221 min read


Australian police find 'extraordinary' fentanyl stash, enough for 5 million doses
August 22, 2022 (CNN)Australian Federal Police say they've seized more than 5 million doses of fentanyl, the largest shipment of the...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 18, 20221 min read


Florida officials seize $12.8 million worth of drugs, arrest 85 in a two-year undercover investigati
August 20, 2022 (CNN)Eighty-five suspects were arrested and over $12.8 million in drugs were confiscated in a two-year undercover drug...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


CVS, Walgreens and Walmart Must Pay $650.5 Million in Ohio Opioids Case
August 17, 2022 A federal judge on Wednesday ordered three of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains — CVS, Walgreens and Walmart — to pay...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Health departments apply lessons learned from Covid to other public health concerns
August 15, 2022 (KHN)LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Shannan Piccolo walked into a hotel with a tote bag full of Narcan and a speech about how easy...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Customs and Border Protection seizes shipment of fentanyl hidden in pill bottles
August 07, 2022 (CNN)US Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl hidden in pill...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Allergan Reaches Tentative $2.37 Billion Deal to Settle Opioid Suits
July 29, 2022 If finalized, the agreement, along with a companion deal reached by Teva earlier this week, would send as much as $6.6...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses
July 27, 2022 VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The place where Chris gets his fentanyl is bright and airy, all blond wood and exposed brick....
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Teva reaches proposed $4.35 billion settlement of US opioid lawsuits
July 26, 2022 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday announced a $4.35 billion proposed nationwide settlement that could resolve...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 17, 20221 min read


Man arrested in California for allegedly smuggling nearly $3.7 million of fentanyl in his car tire
July 20, 2022 US Border Patrol agents arrested a man allegedly attempting to smuggle approximately 250 pounds of fentanyl in his trucks'...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


CBP officers seize more than $1.1 million in narcotics hidden in a car at California border ....
July 2, 2022 US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized over $1.1 million worth of narcotics hidden in the panels of a car...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


CBP officers seize more than $330K in fentanyl at Hidalgo International Bridge in Texas
June 8, 2022 US Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted about $339,300 worth of suspected fentanyl at the Hidalgo...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


Trial spilled secrets of players' abuse, but are opioids really MLB's next drug scandal?
February 22, 2022 The trial of former Los Angeles Angels communications director Eric Kay, which ended last week with the jury finding...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


Roughly 100 bags of fentanyl were found in the bedroom of a 13-year-old boy who died from presumed
January 30, 2022 Police recovered about 100 bags of fentanyl from the bedroom of a 13-year-old who died after a presumed fentanyl...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


He sold fentanyl to Bullard High student who OD’d. Now Fresno man, 19
January 29, 2022 PA 19-year-old Fresno man is heading to prison for three years for selling oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to a...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


Second-chance city: San Francisco’s plan to reduce overdose crisis
December 17, 2021 Programs in the city provide popular venues like bars and restaurants with the life saving medication, naloxone....
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read


Inside Fentanyl’s Mounting Death Toll: ‘This Is Poison’
November 17, 2021 Overdose deaths has sharply risen and shows the devastating consequences of the spread of fentanyl, less is understood...
sbcopioidtaskforce
Nov 16, 20221 min read
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