Drug overdose deaths slightly decline but crisis is far from over in the Bay Area
The CDC estimates overdose deaths have declined 3% from 2022 to 2023.
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The CDC estimates overdose deaths have declined 3% from 2022 to 2023.
<strong>Before this summer, the penalty for distributing fentanyl testing strips — which can help people determine whether other drugs are contaminated with it — was higher than the penalty for carrying most illegal drugs. A new law does away with that discrepancy.</strong>
A new kind of fentanyl is hitting the streets and law enforcement worry it may be targeting children. It's known as "rainbow fentanyl" and just days ago border agents in Arizona seized nearly 1 million fentanyl pills including thousands of "rainbow-colored tablets."
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FentCheck founders Alison Heller and Dean Shold have taken a shared interest in harm reduction and turned it into a quickly growing push to prevent fentanyl-related overdose deaths.