Opioid Crisis

The DEA used info from Diamond Lynch’s phone to find where she got the drugs that killed her, a trail that stretched from Washington, D.C., to California to Mexico.

The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court.

Narcan is an easy-to-use nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose. Here’s what you need to know about this life-saving drug.

A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis. It’s called xylazine (pronounced ZY’-lah-zeen).

A federal court cleared the way for the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, to settle thousands of claims over the toll of opiods, seemingly without the threat of civil lawsuits.

A handful of Bay Area communities are now turning to their wastewater to track their opioid crisis.

Walmart has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to settle lawsuits nationwide over the impact of the prescriptions its pharmacies filled for powerful prescription opioid painkillers. The deal would still need to be approved by 43 states to take effect. It follows a similar announcement from pharmacy chains CVS Health and Walgreen Co. They each said they would pay about $5...

NBC 7’s Amber Frias shows off the free, easy and life-saving app.

The opioid epidemic has devastated the country for the past two decades, taking far too many lives.

CVS Health and Walgreen Co. announced agreements in principle Wednesday to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids, and a lawyer said Walmart is in discussions for a deal.

The County Board of Supervisors introduce a plan to tackle the opioid crisis. And, San Diego County records its first bird flu case Plus, a new amphitheater at UCSD opens today.
Here’s your San Diego News Daily update for October 20, 2022.

NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar has more details on the framework that supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Joel Anderson revealed.

San Diego County supervisors Nathan Fletcher and Joel Anderson Wednesday revealed an Opioid Settlement Framework they are asking the Board of Supervisors to approve next week.

Narcan can help save the lives of opioid users in the midst of an overdose, and San Diego County wants it to be available to anyone. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has the story.

San Diego County could soon have a new weapon in its arsenal to help fight its growing problem with opioid addiction.