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  • San Francisco votes on measures to compel drug treatment and give police surveillance drones

    San Francisco votes on measures to compel drug treatment and give police surveillance drones

    Mar 05, 2024 11:20 PM EST

    ... S. have had mixed results as they struggle to balance progressive criminal justice reforms with fed-up voters. In San Francisco, retail theft, record fentanyl overdose deaths, and the struggle to bounce back from the pandemic have frustrated residents and drawn negative attention from national media outlets. Voters ousted progressive ...

  • Ohio foundation begins process to distribute over $860 million in opioid settlement money

    Ohio foundation begins process to distribute over $860 million in opioid settlement money

    Mar 04, 2024 09:49 PM EST

    ... state, local and Native American tribal governments more than $50 billion. Under the agreements, most of the money is to be used to address the overdose epidemic. The foundation will allocate up to $51 million in its 2024 grant cycle for Ohio-based non-profits, for-profits and government entities ...

  • Don Henley testifies in case over handwritten drafts for 'Hotel California' and other songs

    Don Henley testifies in case over handwritten drafts for 'Hotel California' and other songs

    Feb 26, 2024 10:35 PM EST

    ... charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, after authorities found cocaine, quaaludes, marijuana and a naked 16-year-old girl suffering from an overdose at his Los Angeles home the prior November. He was sentenced to probation and a $2,500 fine, and he requested a drug education ...

  • Former Colorado police officer appeals conviction in Black man Elijah McClain's death

    Former Colorado police officer appeals conviction in Black man Elijah McClain's death

    Feb 23, 2024 12:33 AM EST

    ... leading the local prosecutor to decide against bringing any criminal charges. But it updated the autopsy report in 2021, finding that McClain died of an overdose of ketamine after being forcibly restrained by police. Roedema, who was fired from the Aurora Police Department after his conviction, was the only one ...

  • Lefty Driesell, fiery college basketball coach who put Maryland on the map, dies at 92

    Lefty Driesell, fiery college basketball coach who put Maryland on the map, dies at 92

    Feb 17, 2024 06:00 PM EST

    ... vote three months after his 86th birthday. The long snub, many speculated, came because Driesell was forced to resign at Maryland in 1986 after Bias overdosed on cocaine in a campus dorm after being drafted by the Boston Celtics. Maryland had to pay Driesell for the rest of his 10 ...

  • Mental health emerges as a dividing line in abortion rights initiatives planned for state ballots

    Mental health emerges as a dividing line in abortion rights initiatives planned for state ballots

    Feb 13, 2024 05:54 PM EST

    ... need,” she said. Mental health conditions were the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related deaths from 2017 to 2019 with nearly 23% of pregnancy-related deaths attributed to mental health conditions, including suicides and overdoses from substance use disorders, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • Advertising agency for OxyContin agrees to pay $350 million rather than face lawsuits

    Advertising agency for OxyContin agrees to pay $350 million rather than face lawsuits

    Feb 01, 2024 08:03 PM EST

    ... conglomerate Publicis Groupe, agreed to pay the entire settlement in the next two months, with most of the money to be used to fight the overdose epidemic. It is the first advertising company to reach a major settlement over the toll of opioids in the U.S. It faced a ...

  • Hours of more video show more of officers in fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols

    Hours of more video show more of officers in fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols

    Jan 31, 2024 07:12 PM EST

    ... officers and others tending to Nichols appeared fixated with the idea that he was high on drugs. Medics administered Naloxone to reverse a potential opioid overdose as Nichols slouched, unresponsive, after officers propped him up against a car. One emergency medical technician even claimed, “He’s not injured. He’s ...

  • U.S. and China commit to tackling fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences

    U.S. and China commit to tackling fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences

    Jan 30, 2024 10:19 PM EST

    ... opioids are the biggest killers in the deadliest drug crisis the U.S. has ever seen. More than 100,000 deaths were linked to drug overdoses in 2022, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than two-thirds involved fentanyl or similar synthetic drugs. China ...

  • Alcohol-related deaths surge in Colorado with a higher mortality rate than opioids

    Alcohol-related deaths surge in Colorado with a higher mortality rate than opioids

    Jan 24, 2024 11:30 PM EST

    ... had actually just kind of stumbled across these numbers on alcohol-related deaths and looked at those, and that seemed high, compared it to the overdoses. But as I started talking to people more about the number of conditions that it's involved in, it makes sense. The odds an ...

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