Overdose articles
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Drug Overdose Numbers Drop
Gaston County police say they have made dozens of drug busts in the past year and that is all because of the growing presence of cheap fentanyl.
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4 dead, more than 30 overdoses reported in Austin: ATCEMS
Austin-Travis County EMS medics responded to at least 31 overdose calls on Monday in which at least 4 patients died.On April 29, around 9 a.m., ATCEMS says it experienced a sudden surge in opioid-related overdose calls concentrated in downtown Austin."We have not experienced overdoses of this volume in several years," said Dr. Heidi Abraham, deputy medical director. "We normally would have about 2 or 3 calls per day. We're now in the mid to high 30s today. That is about a 1,000% increase."As a...
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Perris man arrested after fatal fentanyl overdose in Murrieta
A 22-year-old man died on Feb. 20