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Quit Meth, Get Paid in Innovative California Recovery Program
High Times· 4 hours agoBecause California is grappling with substance use disorder “crisis” with deaths from cocaine, meth, and other stimulants soaring in recent years. In 2021 for instance, 65% of drug& ...
Poulsbo Police Department bringing back K-9 narcotics unit
Gannett via AOL· 19 hours agoAn amount of $15,000 from a dedicated, drug-related police fund will be used to cover the start up costs for the initiative. In past years some specific ...
‘We are seeing fentanyl in nearly all of our fatal overdoses,’ health department says as drug...
WSMV Nashville· 17 hours agoThe Metro Public Health Department has issued a spike alert following an unusually high number of ...
Travis County is shifting focus to prevent overdose deaths as fentanyl ravages the area
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe number of deaths involving fentanyl has steadily climbed since 2014, from 3.7% of 2,111 drug-...
Modesto sees 4 suspected fentanyl overdose deaths in 12-hour period
ABC 10 Sacramento· 3 days agoFour people died in a suspected fentanyl overdoses in four different areas of Modesto. "When we have...
Drug Overdose Deaths in America Have Finally Stopped Climbing
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFor the first time in a long while, America’s drug overdose crisis has not gotten worse. New...
Deadly drug ODs fell for the first time in 5 years, but remain at crisis levels
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe number of fatal drug overdoses in the U.S. has dropped for the first time since 2018, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control ...
Which states have the worst substance abuse problems?
Stacker via AOL· 7 days agoThe authors also note that Native Americans, who even before the rise of fentanyl had the highest...
Drug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking 1st decrease in 5 years: CDC
KABC 7 Los Angeles· 7 days agoDrug overdose deaths fell in 2023, marking the first decrease in five years, new provisional federal...
US overdose deaths decline for first time in 5 years as Michigan sees dip, too
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agodrug users determine whether their street drugs are mixed with deadly fentanyl. While the majority of overdose deaths nationally as well as in Michigan still involved opioids ...