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Escondido hockey tournament raises awareness about dangers of fentanyl
Two local mothers are raising awareness about the dangers of fentanyl through a hockey tournament in Escondido. Both of them lost their sons to the drug in the past few years. NBC 7’s Dana Williams reports on Dec. 16, 2023.
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Puppy revived with Narcan after eating fentanyl
Two people were arrested after police saved a puppy from a fentanyl overdose.
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Puppy given overdose-reversing drug after possible fentanyl exposure in California
Officials say a pit bull puppy that California police believe got into its owners’ fentanyl stash was administered the overdose-reversing drug naloxone and is recovering.
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Pala Band of Mission Indians Installs Naloxone Vending Machine, Calls it First for U.S. Tribal Lands
The Pala Band of Mission Indians has installed what the tribe says is the first Naloxone vending machine ever placed on tribal land in the United States, it was announced Thursday.
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FDA Approves First Over-The-Counter Opioid Treatment Drug
Narcan, the best-known form of naloxone, can reverse overdoses of opioids like heroin and fentanyl.
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With or Without: Parents Mixed About San Diego Schools Stocking Narcan for Possible Fentanyl Overdoses
California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to make $3.5 million available to make sure all middle and high schools have access to the medicine, including in San Diego where fentanyl deaths have been declared a public health crisis.
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New Narcan-Resistant Drug ‘Tranq' is Showing Up on California's Streets
Veterinarians have been using xylazine as an animal tranquilizer since 1972. Now, the sedative has turned up on the streets across the U.S.
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New Narcan-Resistant Drug ‘Tranq' is Showing Up on California's Streets
The animal tranquilizer is used to prolong the effects of fentanyl, NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry reports.
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San Diego County Doubles Down on Free Narcan Distribution Partnership
More than 1,100 people have died from opioid overdoses in San Diego County, and now doctors at Rady Children’s Hospital say they’re seeing a growing number of children overdosing on fentanyl.
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San Diego Library Security Guards Could Start Carrying Narcan
Inside the walls of San Diego’s Central Library, concerns about suicide attempts and drug overdoses are growing, and staff members have had enough.
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Narcan Distribution Network Strong Among San Diego Homeless Population
San Diego’s homeless often consider themselves part of a collective community, but as the fentanyl epidemic rages on in San Diego and the U.S., each is another’s keeper now more than ever.
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Narcan Distribution Network Strong Among San Diego Homeless Population
NBC 7’s Dave Summers met a homeless woman who does what she can to protect others in the unhoused community from the dangers of fentanyl.