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Kentucky drug overdose deaths dropped 10% last year, outpacing the national rate
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoKY’s rate of drug overdose deaths dropped markedly between 2022 and 2023. Fentanyl, a potent opioid,...
Tyler Skaggs' death revisited as MLB partners with White House to reduce opioid overdoses
Los Angeles Times· 1 hour agoIt’s been nearly five years since Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died of an accidental overdose of...
2 men facing slew of charges in fatal Kalamazoo mass poisoning
WZZM 13 Grand Rapids· 55 minutes agoJames Smith, who is also known as Yola, was arrested Wednesday. In addition, Patrick Martin is...
San Diego County Charges Two Individuals with Murder in Fentanyl Overdose Case
Hoodline· 1 day agoSan Diego County is grappling with the repercussions of a fatal overdose that has resulted not only...
Allen County saw decline in fentanyl deaths in 2023
The Lima News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 4—LIMA — Fentanyl deaths are on the decline, a positive turn in an overdose epidemic that has killed at least 100 people in Allen County since 2020 ...
In Baltimore’s Senior Homes, Overdoses Plague a Forgotten Generation
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBALTIMORE — Larnell Robinson sat at a desk in his cluttered office last September, between a...
Sacramento County supervisors approve nearly $9 billion budget. What’s getting funded?
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 6 hours agoHe said one sugar packet of fentanyl could kill 500 people, suggesting that authorities had seized...
Drug users offer insight into record Buffalo-Niagara overdose deaths: 'People are trapped'
The Buffalo News· 4 days agoNathaniel Carson’s oldest daughter got married last year but Carson couldn’t go. Then Carson hurt...
Bridgeton doctor gave drugs for sex, cops say. Metro East woman says it killed her daughter.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 24 hours agoThe day Bonnie Lilly’s daughter met a doctor accused of exchanging prescriptions for sex marked the...
Seniors in Baltimore Are Being Devastated by Drugs: 5 Takeaways
New York Times· 3 days agoThe city has become the U.S. overdose capital, and older Black men are dying at higher rates than...