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Josh Wallner-Sentle's death was one of over 100 fatal overdoses in Jackson County last year. Many involved fentanyl, a highly addictive and powerful synthetic opioid that can be mixed into other drugs.
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As lawmakers prepare to tackle the state’s addiction crisis, new data from the Oregon Health Authority shows how dire the addiction crisis has become.
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As Oregon faces increasing problems with drug use and overdoses, Jackson County has been hit especially hard.
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Three years after Oregon voters elected to decriminalize drugs, a new study has concluded that the first-in-the-nation law has not led to increased drug use or drug overdoses.
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In mid-July, Jackson County medical examiners identified ten drug overdose deaths in just five days . They believe nine of those deaths were related to the powerful opioid fentanyl.
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When the city’s medical examiner announced in February that four people who had recently died of overdoses had the animal sedative xylazine in their systems, public health workers across the state sprang into action.
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On an average day in California, about 18 people die due to overdoses from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. That works out to nearly four people every five hours.
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Northern California’s Yurok Tribe declared an emergency this month over a surge in fentanyl overdoses. The problem exists among tribes across the region.
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Democrats on a Senate committee declined to advance a bipartisan proposal to require written warnings for dealers who knowingly distribute drugs containing fentanyl that results in someone’s death.
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Since it was implemented 14 years ago, Oregon’s prescription drug monitoring program has lagged behind other states in terms of the type of data captured, who has access to it and how it's being used.
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Expect a lot of debate over how California should respond to the state’s mounting fentanyl epidemic when state lawmakers return to Sacramento early next year.
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People are dying in Northern California at alarming rates. Drug and alcohol abuse are among the causes of death that are killing white people at rates…
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If deaths caused by drug abuse are dropping in Oregon, it's a very slow drop. The State Medical Examiner's office recently released its annual report on…