According to official data, 647 people died of unintended drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2022.

Source: https://abc7news.com/drug-addiction-san-francisco-salvation-army-tenderloin-overdose-deaths-vigil/13898477/

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fentanyl overdoses are driving the rising drug deaths.

Source: https://www.gopusa.com/democrats-and-republicans-battle-in-bidens-border-crisis-hearing/

According to the consent order, the Days Inn became a place where illegal drug possession, usage and sales led to multiple drug overdoses and a drug overdose death.

Source: https://jocoreport.com/crime-ridden-hotel-seeks-help-from-town/

Advocates believe it's important to get naloxone to the people who are most likely to be around overdoses, including people who use drugs and their relatives.

Source: https://www.denver7.com/news/national/fda-approves-over-the-counter-sales-of-narcan

After burying four family members due to drug overdoses, Patrick said he worried they'd find Randy the same way.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/randy-druken-cause-of-death-1.6702081?cmp=rss

All the overdoses we see today is a result of decades of toleration of drug usage.

Source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/01/26/0049203/fbi-probes-snapchats-role-in-fentanyl-poisoning-deaths?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Amid increasing worries from Montreal community organizations about the impact of fentanyl, new figures from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) show that authorities in the city's Metro stations are responding to an increase in overdoses.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/stm-overdoses-metro-1.6798212?cmp=rss

Amid record levels of overdoses in Vermont, advocates have called for more addiction recovery services, including residential beds.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/10/29/divided-sky-phish-frontmans-drug-and-alcohol-recovery-program-in-ludlow-is-weeks-away-from-launch/

“And with 108,000 Americans dying of drug overdoses last year alone with those drugs flooding across the border, you think everything is just hunky dory?”

Source: https://www.gopusa.com/dhs-secretary-mayorkas-in-fiery-exchanges-with-gop-lawmakers-at-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing/

A safe medicine, it only reverses overdoses in people with opioids in their systems.

Source: https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/23594604.north-ayrshire-overdose-medicine-naloxone-saved-31-lives/?ref=rss

As a state, Colorado performed better than the country as a whole on most measures, with the exceptions of the rate of low-birthweight babies and “injury deaths,” which included suicide deaths, homicides, overdoses and car crashes.

Source: https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2023/03/29/colorado-county-health-rankings-douglas-pitkin-denver/

A significant portion of these overdoses are from fentanyl, which is a cheaper and stronger opioid preferred by addicts that increased in popularity in recent years.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/white-house-backs-gop-bill-to-classify-fentanyl-as-schedule-i-substance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-house-backs-gop-bill-to-classify-fentanyl-as-schedule-i-substance

At first, the police viewed the deaths as accidental overdoses, but they opened an investigation when the victims’ families discovered the missing funds.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/nyregion/nyc-gay-bars-robberies-killings-arrest.html

At least 43 incidents of drugging have been linked to robberies in and around Manhattan clubs dating back to September 2021, with seven of the incidents resulting in fatal overdoses, including the cases of Umberger and Ramirez.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-arrested-connection-deaths-2-men-drugged-beaten/story?id=98308800

A toxic drug alert has been issued for Fort St. John due to an increase in overdoses linked to a red and orange coloured drug sold as “down.”

Source: https://energeticcity.ca/2023/08/25/toxic-drug-alert-issued-for-fort-st-john-2/

A volunteer at “Chad,” as insiders call it, estimated there have been at least 10 overdoses since the start of the year.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-02/california-closing-youth-prisons-will-what-replaces-them-be-worse

Barrett says he is unsure if they want to make a business for Save a Life Stations, but hopes that seeing the kits will inspire others to create their own solutions to help combat overdoses in their communities.

Source: https://spokesman-recorder.com/2023/12/27/save-a-life-stations-aim-to-prevent-opioid-overdoses-in-public-spaces/

Beal was doing what she often does: handing out for free the drug that can cancel out, in miraculous fashion, opioid overdoses.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/06/30/narcan-is-hitting-southern-california-streets-and-soon-store-shelves-to-fend-off-the-opioid-crisis/

But there had been no attempt to move toward more aggressive harm reduction measures such as safe consumption sites, which are locations where people can use illegal drugs under supervision so that overdoses can be reversed quickly.

Source: https://vtdigger.org/2023/04/16/drug-checking-gets-new-legislative-life/

California lawmakers introduced a slew of bills last year aimed at addressing fentanyl overdoses, which are killing roughly 110 Californians each week.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/01/01/tax-increase-lgbtq-youth-protections-and-more-sick-leave-highlight-californias-new-laws-in-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tax-increase-lgbtq-youth-protections-and-more-sick-leave-highlight-califor