Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin. Now, it is the most commonly used drug in overdoses: about 30 percent of overdoses in 2016 involved fentanyl. In 2016, the rate of overdoses involving fentanyl was 12 times larger than it was in 2013.
A drug 50 times deadlier than heroin finds its way to California Read More »
SAN JOSE – The 14th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day was the most successful event yet, and now Santa Clara County officials are looking to tackle a growing problem—opioid abuse among teenagers.
Santa Clara County takes in record amount of unused prescriptions at drug Take Back Day Read More »
Since California’s Proposition 47 passage in November, prosecutors and public defenders across the region have been scrambling to identify prisoners eligible for release
Local courts scramble to downgrade offenses, release inmates under Prop 47 Read More »
