#drug-related-deaths

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 days ago

Baby Phoenix fentanyl death: DA ups infant overdose charges against dad, alleged dealer, to murder

New evidence retrieved from a drug dealer's broken cell phone led to the murder charges against the father of 3-month-old Phoenix Castro and the drug dealer, Phillip Ortega. This marks San Jose's second-ever murder prosecution over a child's fentanyl overdose.
California
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

UK the sick person of the wealthy world' amid increase in deaths from drugs and violence

The UK is experiencing a troubling rise in mortality rates, particularly among younger adults, due to drugs, suicide, and violence.
NYC politics
fromGothamist
3 months ago

Drug-related deaths dropped in NYC shelter system, even as population boomed

Drug-related deaths in NYC shelters dropped by 17% in the last year, despite an increase in shelter population.
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