Fatal teen overdoses doubled in 2020, driven by fentanyl
After staying flat for a decade, the overdose death rate among U.S. adolescents nearly doubled from 2019 to 2020.
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From Grief to Action: Parents Raise Awareness of Dangers of 'Fentapills'
PASADENA, Calif.—The lives of Ed and Mary Ternan changed on May 14, 2020, when their 22-year-old son, Charlie Ternan, was found dead in his college dorm at
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Best of Insight 2021: Rise in 'fentapills' | Sacramento Afghan family's safe return | CapRadio's best modern music picks of 2021
Its our last day of Best of Insight 2021, and today well revisit the rise in
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Bay Briefing: S.F. wants to crack down on drugs and crime. Will it work?
Plus: Scientists didn’t see omicron coming.
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They knew about fentanyl. They never imagined their son would die from one fake pill bought on social media
Fentanyl sold as pain pills on social media sites such as Snapchat is killing young...
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US needs to work with China, Mexico 'much more aggressively' to stop fentanyl flow: Portman on opioid crisis
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, is vowing to keep the pressure on the Biden administration to address the opioid crisis head-on.
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Snapchat's New Tool to Educate Users on Drug Dangers Following Fentanyl Deaths in US
Snap, the parent company of popular social media platform Snapchat, has announced a new in-app tool that it says will educate users searching or drug-related key words on Snapchat about the dangers of drugs. The announcement comes after a public safety alert from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) last week that warned about an increase in fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine often sold on social media and e-commerce sites.
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Bereaved Parents Create Non-Profit to Combat Fentanyl Epidemic
"We need to alert the kids – ASAP," said co-founder Ed Ternan. "That requires cooperation from social media platforms, because the internet is where kids are connecting -- so it has been our strategy to get them actively involved. We need to make social media our allies, not our adversaries." Fentanyl, a cheap and powerful opioid, is the primary driver of the dramatic increase in drug deaths over the past year, according to the CDC. It is also the active ingredient in fentapills, which have ...
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