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Child Brought Fentanyl from Home, Put It on Tongue in School Bathroom and Collapsed in Class, as Caregivers Charged
Her caregivers were arrested and face felony charges in connection with the overdose, according to authorities
A Florida couple is facing criminal charges after a teenager in their care brought fentanyl she allegedly found on her bathroom sink to school, overdosed and almost died.
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San Mateo County installs purple Narcan boxes to help prevent overdose deaths: Here's how it works
The initiative is funded by legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors, with the goal of preventing overdoses and reducing the number of deaths in the county.
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Overdose deaths drop by 21 per cent, but 1,826 deaths in 2025 still a 'profound loss'
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VICTORIA -- More than 1,800 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, and while the coroner's service says it still represents a "profound loss of life," it's a 21 per cent decrease from the year before and almost 30 per cent down from the peak in 2023.
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Indiana Girl, 7, Hospitalized After Injecting Herself with Mom's GLP-1: 'She Didn't Eat for 6 Days'
A 7-year-old Indiana girl spent days in the hospital after overdosing on her mother's GLP-1 medication, laying there "lifeless" as her family worried for her life.
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Vancouver overdose prevention site closes less than 2 years after relocation
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A Vancouver overdose prevention site has closed less than two years after it moved from its previous location, raising concerns among health officials and harm reduction advocates as the province sees record number of overdose calls to emergency services.
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'It's not fair': Burke County sees increase in overdoses, including 2 deaths in 1 week
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Burke County leaders are sounding the alarm after seeing a dramatic increase in overdose cases, and they believe it may be from a potentially contaminated drug supply.
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Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died of abnormal heartbeat from accidental overdose, report says
RALEIGH, N. C. -- Daniel Naroditsky, an influential American chess grandmaster who was found dead at his North Carolina home in October at age 29, had multiple drugs in his system at the time and was killed by an abnormal heartbeat caused by an accidental overdose, according to a toxicology report.
