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Overdose deaths in Kentucky down for 2nd year in a row
WKYT Lexington· 14 hours agoOverdose deaths in Kentucky have decreased for the second year in a row, according to Gov. Andy...
Overdose deaths in Kentucky decreased almost 10% last year
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 16 hours agoFentanyl accounted for 79.1% of overdose deaths statewide. Only eight states saw a decrease from...
Sheriff investigating Brian Nestande’s death as autopsy sheds light on fentanyl overdose
The Desert Sun· 6 days agoIn prior cases, Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin has brought murder charges against...
Fentanyl overdoses especially hurt tribal nations. The Fentanyl Is Everywhere campaign aims to help
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 7 days ago"That's also, potentially, where more people will overdose. We were hoping to get it out during the...
Myth That Casual Fentanyl Contact Is Deadly Refuses to Die
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFor nearly a decade, a persistent myth has influenced public perception and news coverage of the...
Fentanyl Overdoses Continue To Plague Northwest Georgia
Northwest GA News· 5 days agoFentanyl and opiate abuse continues to be a large problem in Northwest Georgia, according to public...
For the second year in a row, Kentucky sees a decrease in drug overdose deaths
LEX 18 Lexington· 11 hours agoAccording to the Kentucky Drug Overdose Fatality Report, the Commonwealth had 9.8% decrease in 2023. Governor Andy Beshear and leaders from addiction treatment agencies celebrated the decrease on Thursday.
Florida has a fentanyl problem on its shores
Tampa Bay Times· 24 hours agoIn 2023, fatal overdoses from fentanyl peaked at more than 112,000 deaths, the highest in U.S. history. Most attention is focused on the border with...
Roane Co. sees around half the number of overdose deaths so far into 2024, compared to last year
WBIR-TV Knoxville· 1 day agoIn 2023, Roane County saw a record number of drug overdose deaths — mostly due to methamphetamine...
Sacramento County supervisors approve nearly $9 billion budget. What’s getting funded?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoLaw enforcement in the county, Ho said, has begun to investigatefentanyl overdose deaths as if they...