Overdose

A water advisory at Dog Beach in Ocean Beach after a sewage spill. And, Carlsbad declares an emergency due to E-Bike collisions. Plus, it is International Overdose Awareness Day.
Here’s What’s Up in San Diego County for August 31, 2022.

A Chula Vista man was sentenced to nearly 16 years in prison Tuesday for selling fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a 20- year-old man.

A juvenile has been charged with murder in the 2020 death of a 12-year-old San Jose girl who overdosed on fentanyl, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.

As Hartford police continue to investigate how three 7th grade boys got their hands on deadly fentanyl inside their school on January 13, the district announced new efforts to ensure it never happens again.

A 13-year-old student at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy in Hartford who was in grave condition because of an overdose has now died, according to police. Police said the teen suffered an overdose at the school Thursday and succumbed to his injures Saturday evening around 5:30 p.m. “Our city grieves for this child lost, for his loved ones, his…

The patients were found near the Mission Bay Aquatic Center, officials said

After facing heartbreak in their own households, some San Diego parents are warning of the dangers of drug overdoses in teenagers in hopes of preventing future tragedies.

A San Diego man who sold fentanyl that resulted in an 18-year-old woman’s death was sentenced Monday to nearly 14 years in federal prison.

Drug overdoses reached an alarming high in the last year. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming speaks with the manager of specialty programs at one local hospital on the matter.

NBC 7’s Amber Frias heard from to the mother of a young man who died of an overdoes.

It was the summer of 2018 when then 23-year-old Alex Nava got his hands on his first little blue pill, a prescription-strength dose of oxycodone. Within months, Nava had become addicted. “[He] tried to stop using and couldn’t on his own,” said Lisa Nava, Alex’s mom. “By December 2018 he was so involved we had to get him into rehab.”…

NBC 7’s Dana Griffin heard from the teen’s family after they announced a claim against the county.