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Counterfeit pills involved in growing share of overdose deaths in the US, CDC study finds
August 31, 2023 CNN — Overdose deaths reached record levels in the United States in recent years, and a new report shows that counterfeit...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan is arriving in stores
Sept 6 , 2023 CNN — The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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‘This isn’t some random dude with a duffel bag’: To catch fentanyl traffickers, feds dig into crypto
August 5, 2023 Washington CNN — The Biden administration has intensified its focus on tracing cryptocurrency payments that some of the...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Marina man convicted of fentanyl selling charges
Aug 16 , 2023 MARINA, Calif. — A Marina man was convicted of drug and gun crimes in a jury ruling on Wednesday. Royce Curl, 40, was...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Families of fentanyl overdose victims speak out
Aug 8 , 2023 MONTEREY, Calif. — MONTEREY COUNTY, Calif. — Montage Health released data that indicates fentanyl cases were on the rise in...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Monterey woman arrested for dealing fentanyl
Sept 5 , 2023 MONTEREY, Calif. — A Monterey woman was arrested for selling fentanyl. Rachel Gilliam, 25, was arrested after a probation...
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Sep 8, 20231 min read
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Cause of death determined for grandson of Robert De Niro
August 9, 2023 CNN — The cause of death for Leandro De Niro Rodriguez, the grandson of Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, has been...
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Aug 10, 20231 min read
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First recorded death from animal tranquilizer xylazine reported in Santa Cruz County
July 7 , 2023 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The veterinary tranquilizer xylazine, commonly known as tranq, was listed as the cause of death of a...
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Jul 26, 20231 min read
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Sheriff says baby dies after teen mom put fentanyl in bottle
July 14 , 2023 CNN — A 9-month-old baby in Florida died after his teenage mother allegedly put fentanyl in his bottle before putting him...
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Jul 14, 20231 min read
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Dog that ate owner's prescription medication revived with Narcan, Marin Humane says
July 12, 2023 A North Bay animal services officer used a life-saving opioid overdose reversal drug to revive a dog that had accidentally...
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Jul 13, 20231 min read
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Murder charge over fentanyl-laced pills that caused San Jose woman’s death
June 28 2023 SAN JOSE — A Monterey County man has been charged with murder in the fentanyl-overdose death of a San Jose woman earlier...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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Xylazine-laced fentanyl is causing wounds and scrambling efforts to stop overdoses
June 22, 2023 CNN — WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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Narcan saved the life of this poodle after suffering apparent drug overdose
April 22, 2023 CNN — A poodle named Toodles in Pennsylvania was revived with Narcan after suffering an apparent drug overdose,...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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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...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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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...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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Greenfield police distributing free Narcan
June 22, 2023 GREENFIELD, Calif. — Naloxone, also known as Narcan, nasal spray is being distributed by the Greenfield Police Department.
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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Xylazine present in more than 1 in 10 fentanyl overdose deaths in the US
June 30, 2023 The Biden administration recently declared fentanyl laced with xylazine – an animal sedative commonly known as “tranq” –...
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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More than $30k worth of fentanyl found in Monterey drug bust
April 11, 2023 SEASIDE – A 31-year-old man was arrested in Monterey for allegedly selling fentanyl that led to an overdose death, police...
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Jun 30, 20231 min read
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Police: 12-year-old Santa Cruz girl overdoses on Fentanyl, after buying drug
March 3, 2023 SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — A disturbing fentanyl case out of Santa Cruz is putting a spotlight on the fentanyl crisis on the...
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Mar 6, 20231 min read
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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,...
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Feb 22, 20231 min read
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