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In a local effort to address the opioid crisis, San Luis Obispo County Health officials have placed more than 20 kits across the region that could save a person’s life during overdose.

A Central Coast community has introduced a new kind of vending machine targeted in part at UC Santa Barbara students. Instead of candy and chips, this machine is filled with fentanyl test strips, emergency contraceptives, rapid HIV tests, and the anti-overdose drug Narcan.

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department seized over 10 pounds of Fentanyl last year. Now, national lawmakers could take action against the deadly opioid.

Narcan, a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses, is now available at local pharmacies.

Naloxone can reverse the effects of opioid overdose.

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…

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,…