opioid

Overdose death rates are rising locally and nationally, and Santa Barbara County is looking to address that trend with something they’re calling Project Opioid.

What is fentanyl? It is powerful synthetic opioid, similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. Fentanyl was originally used as an anesthetic.…

In a year when the coronavirus has racked up an immense death toll, health officials say there is an overlap with another staggering figure—Americans…

Two San Luis Obispo County moms lost their sons this year after their teens took counterfeit pills that turned out to be fentanyl. Now, they are warning…

Following a major settlement in Ohio this week, California counties could be a step closer to getting the drug industry to pay for damages associated with…

There has been a dramatic rise in deaths this year from fentanyl in San Luis Obispo County. The news comes from the county’s public health department,…

Broadcast date: 5/4/2017Deaths from drug overdoses have jumped in nearly every county across the US since 2007. Every community has been affected by this…

The San Luis Obispo County Opioid Safety Coalition is celebrating its first anniversary.Of the 58 counties in California, San Luis Obispo ranks in the top…