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Warmth leaves their body. Skin loses color. Breaths slow. And no matter how hard you try, they don't respond to shaking. Screaming. Pleading.
In a public health advisory Monday from Health and Social Services, Chief Public Health Officer Kami Kandola said the opioid Isotonitazene and sedative Xylazine were both detected for the first time ...
The funding will expand the hours of the mobile outreach team, which helps to connect those living rough to services, administering and distributing naloxone kits and addictions support. The van was ...
Two Vacaville police officers were treated with naloxone and taken to an area hospital Tuesday night after they showed signs ...
Two Vacaville police officers were treated with naloxone and taken to an area hospital Tuesday night after they showed signs ...
A Lacey firefighter saved a puppy exposed to fentanyl by giving it naloxone at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning. Lacey Fire District 3 shared photos of the puppy on its Facebook page Tuesday ...
Initial vending machine sites are six businesses, mostly in North County, and the county health department's three health ...
President Trump will sign legislation Wednesday afternoon that aims to curb the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S. during a bill-signing ceremony. The bill — the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of ...
Deaths by natural causes (275 deaths) far outweighed deaths by unnatural causes, such as accidental deaths (42), suicides (9), and homicides (0). Nevertheless, accidental deaths involving drugs and ...
A Santa Monica business owner launched a grassroots program to address California's homelessness crisis in Los Angeles County, calling on city leaders to take action.
For starters, they should use Purdue Pharma’s billions to make Narcan universally accessible. State and local governments are ...