Fewer deaths, new substances and evolving treatments in Philly’s opioid epidemic − 4 essential reads
Philly’s opioid addiction crisis is constantly evolving. Local health care workers and researchers explain some of the latest ...
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Deadliest phase of fentanyl crisis eases, as all states see recovery
In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts ...
Fentanyl dealer gets 6 years for death of SoCal teen. Parents say it’s not enough
The dealer who sold Jax Markley a fatal fentanyl pill will serve six years — a conviction made possible by a new effort to ...
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1-year-old reportedly overdoses on mother’s fentanyl
A 35-year-old woman was arrested after her 1-year-old son reportedly ... Anderson told deputies she smoked fentanyl the night before, and afterward, placed the used foil in her purse and returned ...
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Woman who trafficked fentanyl at NY daycare sentenced to 45 years after string of poisonings
A Bronx daycare owner has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after one child ... and found that fentanyl was in the child’s system. Also that day, about two hours before Mendez called ...
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Phoenix mom sentenced to 12.5 years after 1-year-old son’s death from fentanyl overdose
Officers at the scene learned that Tate had taken fentanyl the night before and she left pills on a table within her son’s reach, prosecutors said. Tate fell asleep after using drugs and woke up ...
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NYC daycare owner sentenced to 45 years after toddler’s fentanyl death
Before the sentence was imposed ... Three other children exposed to the fentanyl at the day care survived after medics administered the overdose-reversing drug Narcan. Police found a brick ...