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We’ve become more familiar with stories and reports about how widespread the opioid crisis has become, but what about the loved ones of those caught in…
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When it comes to addictive substances, opioids like heroin and fentanyl have in recent years been dominating headlines around the country. And rightly so:…
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Recent state data that had raised the alarm on opioid overdose deaths turns out to have been inaccurate. In late May, new data from the California…
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*Correction as of June 15, 2018: The California Department of Public Health has announced that it initially overestimated the state’s overdose deaths due…
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Host intro: Last week, we brought you a story about the San Joaquin Valley’s opioid epidemic, which manifests in inordinately high rates of painkiller…
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Recently, you may have heard a startling statistic: drug overdoses now kill more Americans than car accidents. For some years, the same holds true here in…
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New data from an on-going study about mortality rates in Central California reveals that alcohol, drugs and suicide are fueling significant increases in…
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Last year, U.S. life expectancy fell for the first time in over 20 years. At the same time, new data from four valley counties show that the death rate…
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The last time we reported about the Fresno Needle Exchange, it was an illegal program, operating without support from policymakers and under threat of…