overdose

Two ODs, one death: Man gets eight-year sentence for selling fentanyl-laced pills

Seaside man was sentenced to eight years for selling fentanyl-laced pills that allegedly caused two people to overdose, one of…

2 years ago

Marin County holds drug take back month to reduce overdose risks

In an effort to reduce the number of drug overdoses, Marin County declared October Prescription Drug Take Back Month.

3 years ago

Police suspect overdose in deaths of two people found in Belmont hotel room

Two people were found dead of a suspected drug overdose at a hotel in Belmont on Wednesday afternoon, according to…

3 years ago

SF police say they’ve used Narcan to save nearly 150 people from opioid overdose

Police have observed continued success in using Narcan to combat opioid-related overdoses since 2015, San Francisco police officials report. Since…

3 years ago

Emeryville police revive opioid overdose victim with Naloxone

An Emeryville police officer on Saturday administered the prescription medication Naloxone to a person who appeared to have been experiencing…

4 years ago

Police say two women who died of fentanyl overdose presumed to be mother, daughter

Two women who were found dead at a residence in Santa Rosa Thursday are believed to be a mother and…

4 years ago

EMT student restores overdosing man’s breathing

An emergency medical technician student and BART police helped save a man from overdosing at the Civic Center BART Station…

4 years ago

City to offer pilot sobering center in Tenderloin this spring

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced Thursday that the city will open its first drug sobering center in the Tenderloin…

4 years ago

Beat officer uses Naloxone to save man from overdose

An alert officer walking the beat Friday morning in San Francisco's Tenderloin district saved the life of a young man…

4 years ago

Vallejo police use Narcan to save woman from overdose

Vallejo police used the opioid reversal drug Narcan to save a woman's life early Monday morning. Officers were dispatched to…

5 years ago

SF supes approve Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force legislation

San Francisco supervisors passed legislation Tuesday that establishes a 12-member Street-Level Drug Dealing Task Force. The task force will make…

5 years ago

San Bruno police tap ‘Narcan’ to reverse overdoses

San Bruno police will soon carry Naloxone Hydrochloride, commonly called Narcan, to help treat opioid overdoses.

6 years ago

Alameda Co. officers exposed to fentanyl

An Alameda County sheriff's sergeant and detective are recovering after being exposed to a lethal dose of the potent opioid…

6 years ago

Alameda Co. opioid deaths halved in 2017

Officials with the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency said recently-released data reveal that the number of opioid overdose deaths…

6 years ago

Trio found dead from overdose identified

Three men found dead last month on a street in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood have been identified by the medical…

6 years ago

Inmates survive overdose at Santa Clara jail

Investigators are trying to figure out how four inmates who overdosed Wednesday at the Santa Clara County Main Jail in…

7 years ago

Heroin deaths spike in Sonoma County

There has been a spike in the number of suspected heroin overdose deaths in the Santa Rosa area recently.

7 years ago

SF man among three killed in music festival

A 22-year-old San Francisco man and two other people who died at a festival in Southern California over the summer…

7 years ago

SF: Opioid antidote saved 12 lives since 2015

Since 2015, Narcan kits have saved the lives of 12 people in San Francisco suffering from overdoses of opioids such…

8 years ago

Fake Xanax linked to SF death

The public is being urged not to buy prescription drugs on the street after a drug labeled as Xanax was…

9 years ago

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