Overdose

Chula Vista police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or people who distributed fentanyl to two teenagers who overdosed on the drug – one, fatally.

A former Angels employee facing trial in connection with the 2019 fatal overdose of pitcher Tyler Skaggs may have also supplied illegal drugs to at least five other Major League players, according to court documents filed by federal prosecutors.

Fentanyl is now killing hundreds of San Diegans a year. It was a problem before, but during the pandemic, it’s ballooned, and federal agents say it’s only getting worse.

Fentanyl is now killing hundreds of San Diegans a year. NBC 7’s Investigates Alexis Rivas dives into the county numbers.

Eight inmates were treated for overdoses of fentanyl at a San Diego County jail, authorities said.

Citing overdoses as the number one cause of death among homeless individuals, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a plan to expand the distribution of naloxone, which reverses opioid overdoses and targets this population.

The rapper suffered a heart attack on April 2 and has been on life support for the past few days prior to his passing.

Demi Lovato says her drug overdose in 2018 resulted in three strokes and a heart attack, leaving her with physical limitations that still affect her.

Numbers released by the San Diego Police Department, show drug overdose calls have spiked during the pandemic. NBC 7’s investigative reporter, Mari Payton looked at the data and has reaction from a psychologist.

Across the country, U.S. drug overdose deaths reached an all-time high.Addiction experts blame the pandemic, people are stressed and isolated, treatment and recovery programs are on-hold. La Jolla Clinical Psychologist Dr. Christina Huang says this was expected. “Of course we would expect substance use to be on the rise, because if people are at home and they are feeling...

The CDC reports that overdose fatalities in the U.S. have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic.

Combined deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in the U.S. plateaued in 2018 for the first time in two decades, according to a report published Thursday.

Authorities are revealing rapper Chynna Rogers died of an accidental overdose.

Three of the suspects were taken into custody at a hotel in Clairemount where DEA agents also found suspeced fentanyl powder NBC 7s Dave Summers has the story

Five people were arrested and several ounces of suspected fentanyl powder were confiscated in connection with an overdose death, San Diego DEA agents confirmed.

Two men were transported to UC San Diego Medical Center after overdosing on narcotics in San Diego’s Stockton neighborhood on Thursday evening.

Two men were transported to UC San Diego Medical Center after overdosing on narcotics in San Diego’s Stockton neighborhood on Thursday evening, police said. San Diego Police arrived at around 6:12 p.m. to the 3000 block of Island Avenue, one block east of Kimbrough Elementary School, just north of Logan Heights. Residents of the area noticed two unconscious men lying…

The judge overseeing the bankruptcy case of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma will consider Wednesday whether the company’s CEO should get a bonus equal to half his $2.6 million salary.

Critical care doctor charged with murder in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who authorities say were deliberately given overdoses of painkillers.

Federal officials have a new tool to battle the opioid crisis: data. The Office of National Drug Control Policy’s “High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program is using a web portal called the “OD Map” to track overdoses caused by opioids in real time. The program will help the agency target high-problem areas with resources and track the sources of...