Teen overdose deaths have doubled in three years, an alarming trend amid a historic decline in drug and alcohol use among high school students. The main reason is fentanyl. Teens consume the ...

One is that teen overdose deaths have sharply risen, with fentanyl-involved deaths among adolescents doubling from 2019 to 2020 and remaining at that level in the subsequent years. Dr. Nora Volkow ...

who was found dead of an overdose the following morning by family members more than three years ago. Alexander Declan Bell Wilson was convicted by a jury in May of one count of distribution of ...

17—Deadly, addictive fentanyl has certainly earned the spotlight when it comes to overdose ... Deaths related to psychostimulant use have more than doubled in California over just three years ...

Despite an overall decrease in drug use among teens compared to prior years, one startling trend accelerated – drug overdose deaths ... have shown that there are three particularly vulnerable ...

Three of the overdoses proved fatal. The drugs were often advertised over social media, officials said. If convicted, Gaitan and Soliz could each spend up to 20 years in federal prison.

“During the past three years, our community ... the North County saw 70 fentanyl overdose deaths in 2022 but 46 in 2023. South County fentanyl deaths doubled from 33 in 2021 to 66 in 2023.

All of the victims were between 22 and 33 years ... said. Overdose deaths, especially those related to fentanyl, are increasing in Cowlitz County. Fentanyl deaths in the county doubled from ...