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Tenderloin residents say they’re sick of being ‘containment zone’ for drugs, homelessness

by Joe Dworetzky, Bay City News March 19, 2024March 18, 2024

Marin County issues public health alert after seeing alarming increase in fentanyl deaths

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News March 7, 2024March 6, 2024

It’s now significantly more deadly to be homeless. Why are so many people dying?

by Marisa Kendall, CalMatters March 5, 2024March 4, 2024

Narcan distribution at California colleges: Are many students getting overdose medication?

by Li Khan, CalMatters February 25, 2024February 23, 2024

Making naloxone ubiquitous: Bill would force all businesses to keep opioid antidote handy

by Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News February 4, 2024February 2, 2024

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Need Narcan? Stockton provides free opioid overdose medication in vending machines

Seizing their moment: Santa Rosa police had busy 2023 getting drugs, weapons off streets

by Pete Young, Bay City News January 4, 2024January 2, 2024

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Fentanyl traffickers will get longer sentences under new law penned by Stockton legislator

2024 laws aim to boost access to overdose-reducing opiate antagonists without liability

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News December 27, 2023December 26, 2023

Three charts reveal grim reality of dozens of U.S. adolescent drug overdoses every month

by Ty Schepis, for The Conversation December 2, 2023November 28, 2023