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5 people found overdosed in Recreation Park home, LBFD says

by Brandon Richardson 1 hour ago

The status of the patients is unknown, a fire official said.

Ex-city employee pleads not guilty in woman’s overdose death

by City News Service Mar 17, 2023

UPDATE: Former city employee arrested, charged for death of woman who overdosed in 2020, police say

by Fernando Haro Garcia Mar 8, 2023Mar 9, 2023

Fentanyl overdose deaths soar in LA County over 5-year period

by City News ServiceNov 29, 2022

School officials warn of fentanyl-laced pills following accidental overdoses in LA County

by Fernando Haro GarciaJun 9, 2022

This Wednesday, June 7, 2017 photo shows discarded used hypodermic needles without protective sheaths at an encampment where opioid addicts shoot up along the Merrimack River in Lowell, Mass. Syringes left by drug users amid the heroin crisis are turning up everywhere. They hide in weeds along hiking trails and in playground grass, get washed into rivers and onto beaches, and lie scattered about in baseball dugouts and on sidewalks and streets. There are reports of children finding them and getting poked. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

4 overdoses in a day send police looking for source of drugs in Belmont Shore

by Jeremiah Dobruck Mar 1, 2019

LBFD investigating allegations its employees overdosed at Santa Barbara party

by Jeremiah Dobruck Aug 27, 2018

Four Long Beach party-goers hospitalized in Santa Barbara after overdosing on opiates

by Stephanie Rivera Aug 26, 2018