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Over 110,000 people died from drug overdose in the U.S. last year. Close to 90% of opioid-related deaths in California were caused by fentanyl, 37 of which happened in Monterey County.
The latest fentanyl haul is the third drug bust for Monterey police in the past several weeks
On the morning of Aug. 22, Franklin Andrew Glenn, 29, died under a cypress tree in Window on the Bay Park in Monterey, just off the Rec Trail and steps
“This is truly an opportunity to meet people where they are and overcome many of the barriers that people face when they need this life-saving treatment,” explained Dr. Reb Close, a physician in the emergency department at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. “For years, our EMS teammates have witnessed the devastation that substance use brings to our community. Now they have the opportunity to actively participate in a long-term solution.”
The grade schooler was treated at the scene and eventually released to her mother but even that's raising questions