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South Bay fentanyl overdose deaths spike; Tranq adds fuel to crisis
Despite a major push to address the crisis, fentanyl use and overdose deaths continue to spike in the South Bay.
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South Bay fentanyl overdose deaths spike; Tranq adds fuel to crisis
Despite a major push to address the crisis, fentanyl use and overdose deaths continue to spike in the South Bay. Robert Handa reports.
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New numbers show spike in deaths from fentanyl in the South Bay
Disturbing new numbers are out that illustrate the fentanyl problem in the Bay Area — specifically, the South Bay.
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Feds to help San Francisco fight fentanyl crisis
San Francisco will now be getting federal help when it comes to fighting the fentanyl crisis.
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Feds to help San Francisco fight fentanyl crisis
San Francisco will now be getting federal help when it comes to fighting the fentanyl crisis. Sergio Quintana reports.
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CHP seizes enough fentanyl in San Francisco to kill 2 million people
In its first six weeks of deployment in San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol has seized enough fentanyl to kill all of the city’s population nearly three times over, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Christie Smith reports.
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CHP seizes enough fentanyl in SF to kill 2 million people
In its first six weeks of deployment in San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol has seized enough fentanyl to kill all of the city’s population nearly three times over, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday. Abbey Fernandez reports.
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CHP seizes enough fentanyl in SF to kill 2 million people
In its first six weeks of deployment in San Francisco, the California Highway Patrol has seized enough fentanyl to kill all of the city’s population nearly three times over, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.
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Santa Clara County supes to decide how to spend funding to fight fentanyl crisis
Santa Clara County supervisors Tuesday must decide how to spend $5.8 million earmarked to address the growing fentanyl crisis.
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California Advances Fentanyl Bills Focused on Prevention, Increased Penalties
California lawmakers voted to advance more than a dozen fentanyl bills this past week. Those are among several hundred measures lawmakers voted on ahead of a deadline for a bill to get out of its original chamber. The majority of the fentanyl bills focused on education, prevention and treatment. Lawmakers have been divided on how to best address the crisis....
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US Sanctions Chinese, Mexican Companies Over Pill Making Machinery
The U.S. has sanctioned more than a dozen people and businesses in China and Mexico that allegedly helped provide machines used to make counterfeit prescription drugs.
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Plan to Fight Fentanyl
Fentanyl is impacting young people and People of Color. New numbers out this week — shows 1 in 5 deaths in California among 15 to 24-year-olds is related to fentanyl. Raj Mathai speaks to Dr. Andrew Herring on this.
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Nonprofit's Ad Campaign Takes Unique Approach to Fentanyl Crisis in San Francisco
Hoping to grab people’s attention in a different way, a nonprofit has plastered unique ads right in the middle of the so-called open drug markets in San Francisco. Ian Cull reports.
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Punishment Or Prevention: California Debates Fentanyl Crisis
California lawmakers have authored more than 30 bills in the Legislature this year to address fentanyl. But some of those bills have stalled. Ian Cull reports.
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Punishment Or Prevention: California Debates Fentanyl Crisis
California lawmakers have authored more than 30 bills in the Legislature this year to address fentanyl. But some of those bills have stalled. They are caught up in a philosophical dispute between lawmakers about the best way to address the crisis. Republicans and some moderate Democrats favor public safety measures that would increase prison sentences for dealers. Other Democrats oppose...
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Partial Settlement Reached in Santa Cruz Fentanyl Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of 16-year-old Emma Lace Price of Santa Cruz have reached a partial settle in their wrongful death lawsuit against the man their daughter was with when she died and his parents.
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Partial Settlement Reached in Santa Cruz Fentanyl Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of a teenage girl who died of a fentanyl overdose has reached a settlement with some of the people accused in her death. Investigative Reporter Candice Nguyen has the latest in the tragic case out of Santa Cruz County.
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Gov. Newsom Sending National Guard, CHP to Help Combat Fentanyl Crisis in San Francisco
Gov. Newsom said he’s sending in the CHP and the National Guard to help San Francisco cut off a fentanyl pipeline. Christie Smith reports.
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Fentanyl Laced With Animal Tranquilizer Is ‘Emerging Threat' in US, Biden Admin Says
President Joe Biden’s drug czar on Wednesday declared that fentanyl mixed with xylazine, an animal tranquilizer known as “tranq” that has been linked to a rising number of overdose deaths across the U.S., represents an “emerging threat” facing the nation.
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California Lawmakers Reject Bill Intended to Crack Down on Fentanyl Dealers
California lawmakers rejected a bill intended to crack down on fentanyl dealers.