Two bills pending in the California Legislature would expand the role of teenagers in treating both themselves and others for addiction and overdoses. They are among more than two dozen fentanyl-related bills introduced this year by legislators in the Senate and Assembly a recognition of the ever-worsening problem that the...
California Bills Would Give Teens Expanded Role in Fentanyl Treatment
Two bills pending in the California Legislature would expand the role of teenagers in treating both themselves and others for addiction and overdoses. They are among more than two dozen fentanyl-related bills introduced this year by legislators in the Senate and Assembly a recognition of the ever-worsening problem that the...
Unlike LA, Schools in Clovis, Fresno Already Have Fentanyl Antidote on Hand
Los Angeles Unified School District is moving toward stocking naloxone, the antidote to the powerful and sometimes deadly opioid fentanyl, at district schools after the recent overdose deaths of several teens, including one girl on a high school campus, the Associated Press reported Friday. But school districts in Fresno...
No. 1 Cause of Opiate Deaths in Fresno County is Fentanyl, and It’s Killing Kids
Think your kid is spending time on Snapchat just sharing funny photos or chatting with friends? Maybe not: It's also where kids can connect with dealers to buy drugs that contain fentanyl, which Fresno County officials say is the No. 1 cause of opiate deaths here. Teens and young adults...
Fresno Man Charged for Dealing Fentanyl. Two Minors OD’d.
A Fresno man faces charges of dealing fentanyl and a related gun offense, the U.S. Attorney's office says. A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment on Thursday. Andres Nunez, 23, is accused of selling the deadly drug in February to a person under 21. Law enforcement agents believe two...
Death Peddling Fresno Drug Dealer Gets 30 Years in Pen
Darnell Pearson, whose sales of fentanyl resulted in the deaths of two unsuspecting cocaine users, is headed to federal prison for 30 years. U.S. District Judge Dale A. Drozd sentenced Pearson, 42, of Fresno, on two counts of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death and serious bodily injury, U.S. Attorney McGregor...
For 1st Time in 4 Years, US Life Expectancy Rises — a Little
NEW YORK — Life expectancy in the United States is up for the first time in four years. The increase is small — just a month — but marks at least a temporary halt to a downward trend. The rise is due to lower death rates for cancer and drug...
Jury Finds That Fresno Man Killed Two by Providing Fentanyl
A federal jury has convicted a Fresno man for causing the deaths of two people, including the mother of his children, by providing them with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid. In a case attracting nationwide attention, the jury on Friday convicted Darnell Pearson, 41, on two counts of distributing fentanyl resulting...
China Sentences Fentanyl Traffickers After US Tip About Ring
XINGTAI, China — A Chinese court sentenced nine fentanyl traffickers on Thursday in a case that is the culmination of a rare collaboration between Chinese and U.S. law enforcement to crack down on global networks that manufacture and distribute lethal synthetic opioids. Liu Yong was sentenced to death with a...
5 States Announce New Suits Over Prescription Opioids
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Five state attorneys general announced lawsuits Thursday seeking to hold the drug industry responsible for an opioid addiction crisis that has become the biggest cause of accidental deaths across the country and in many states. The new filings in Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, West Virginia and Wisconsin mean...