Overdose articles
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Oregon men sentenced to federal prison for roles in fatal fentanyl overdoses
(The Center Square) - Two men from Oregon received a federal prison sentence for their roles in separate fatal fentanyl overdose deaths on Tuesday. Beaverton resident Billy Ray Trueblood, 33, received a 41-month federal prison sentence, plus four years of supervised release for distributing fentanyl that killed a man; and Monmouth resident Javen James Pedro, 71, got 75 months in federal prison, plus six years of supervised release, for distributing fentanyl that killed a teenager...
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‘Unusually deadly’: 4 dead, more than 30 ‘suspected overdoses’ reported in Austin
Officials said they continue responding to a 1000% increase in overdose calls after responding to more than 30 “suspected overdoses” and four deaths on Monday, City of Austin Chief Medi
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SC DHEC launches new tool focused on tackling overdose deaths
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — In 2022 alone, almost 2,300 South Carolinians died of drug overdoses. The past decade has seen an increase every year in the number of deaths. “We wanted to find a way to present this date in a realtime way which is why we created this dashboard,” said Chelsea Townsend, DHEC’s prescription monitoring program director. The dashboard