December 8, 2023 (AP) – A federal prison inmate and two other people were charged Tuesday with conspiring to mail drugs to a penitentiary...

Aug 29, 202 4 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A Santa Cruz mother pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the murder of her daughter, who died from a drug...

July 31, 2024 SANTA CRUZ — A 38-year-old Scotts Valley mother is facing criminal neglect charges after her 18-month-old baby died of a...

May 9, 2024 The Tri County-Collaborative has received a state-funded grant to help in efforts to battle the ongoing opioid epidemic in...

March 12, 2024 MONTEREY — In hopes of combating the growing drug and overdose epidemic in the Monterey County and California, Monterey is...

March 12, 2024 JSALINAS, Calif. — Salinas police said that a local barbershop was being used as a front for the sale of fentanyl.

December 18, 2023 Just two days after 23-month-old Kristofer Ferreyra died of a suspected fentanyl overdose, an Alameda County social...

December 8, 2023 MEXICO CITY -- Mexican authorities said Friday they have raided and closed 31 pharmacies in Baja California’s coastal...

December 20, 2023 SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) -- The Santa Clara Board of Supervisors is officially pushing for child welfare...

December 4, 2023 WashingtonCNN — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday announced a new Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force to crack down...

December 13, 2023 CNN — Two people have been arrested and charged after seven Virginia elementary students ate gummy bears from a plastic...

November 23, 2023 The agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids could help combat...

November 27, 2023 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A San Jose mother and father were in court on Monday facing murder charges after their...

October 18, 2023 Xylazine, a tranquilizer used in veterinary medicine, is quickly becoming a street drug often mixed in with other drugs...

November 8, 2023 FREMONT – A Fremont woman was arrested on suspicion of murder after her 23-month-old son died from a fentanyl exposure...

November 7, 2023 FREMONT — Kristofer Ferreyra was 10 days shy of his second birthday last month when Fremont police say he somehow...

October 10, 2023 More people without college degrees are dying from drug overdoses than those who went to college, highlighting the need...

Nov 3, 2023 A Temecula man who gave a pill laced with fentanyl to a 26-year-old woman who died from the drug was sentenced Friday to 15...

October 11, 2023 SOLEDAD, Calif. (KION-TV)- A MST Bus Rider was taken to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon after Narcan was...

October 19, 2023 (KFF Health News) — Last month, drugstores and pharmacies nationwide began stocking and selling the country’s first...