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Overdose alert system issues nonfatal, drug overdose alert

The Kentucky Standard 24 Feb 2026
The Kentucky Department for Public Health issued two alerts in Christian County after nine suspected nonfatal drug overdose Emergency Medical Services encounters occurred between Feb.
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Kentucky children keep dying in ‘preventable’ drug overdoses

The Paducah Sun 24 Feb 2026
Kentucky children are increasingly ingesting and overdosing on unsafe substances like cannabinoids and fentanyl, with the rate increasing by more than 100% in the last five years, a new report shows ... .
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Kentucky Homeland Security warns of overdoses attributed to new deadly opioid

The Paducah Sun 24 Feb 2026
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security is warning the public of a new highly potent synthetic opioid making the rounds in Kentucky and contributing to overdose deaths in central Kentucky and eastern Tennessee ... .
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Fentanyl overdoses hitting the elderly (University of Cincinnati)

Public Technologies 24 Feb 2026
) Fentanyl overdoses hitting the elderly ... The University of Cincinnati's Daniel Arendt was featured in Jacksonville news station News4Jax story on the increase in fentanyl overdose deaths in seniors ... Experts discuss reasons for drop in overdose deaths.
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Hereford overdose inquest postponed after new evidence discovery

BBC News 23 Feb 2026
A coroner delays the inquest due to threatening messages found by Natasha Ashby .
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Crypto Predicted the Fentanyl Slowdown Months Before Overdose Deaths Fell: Chainalysis

BitRSS 22 Feb 2026
Cryptocurrency flows to suspected trafficking services jumped 85% in 2025 ... .
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Stanislaus County residents warned about alarming spike in drug overdose deaths

The Modesto Bee 21 Feb 2026
The advisory suggested that people check in with friends and family who have a history of substance use ... .
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Beloved film star died of tragic drug overdose with money left to dogs

The Mirror 21 Feb 2026
Actress Barbara Windsor has unveiled a blue plaque in memory of her friend and co-star Kenneth Williams on what would have been his 88th birthday ... .
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Woman charged after partner dies from suspected overdose at Yau Ma Tei hotel

Hong Kong Standard 21 Feb 2026
A 52-year-old unemployed woman appeared in Kowloon City Magistrates .
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Parent of overdosed Elkhart infant may go to trial

Goshen News 20 Feb 2026
GOSHEN — The mother of a child who died from a drug overdose is having her trial continued one last time ... .
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Colombia's coca crop could cost U.S. $10 billion in overdose deaths

The Mercury - Manhatten Knasas 20 Feb 2026
(The Center Square) – Record cocaine production in Colombia could cost thousands of American lives and an estimated $10 billion in annual overdose deaths, according to new research ... .
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B.C. overdose deaths dropped 21% last year, but loss of life still ‘profound,’ says coroners service

CTV 20 Feb 2026
More than 1,800 people died in British Columbia last ...
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Sex worker jailed for life after intentionally overdosing and killing four men

The Independent 20 Feb 2026
Sun covering US news and crime ... .
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Monterey County man arrested for involuntary manslaughter, elder abuse after fatal overdose

The Mercury News 20 Feb 2026
Monterey Police Officers responded to a report of a narcotics overdose on Tuesday at 1.49 p.m ... The officers determined that Black had also been with the victim during an overdose on Dec ... overdose.
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Body found in Bremerton's Illahee Preserve reportedly an overdose death

Kitsap Sun 20 Feb 2026
A man was found dead in the Illahee Preserve Wednesday, Feb. 18, and his death is being investigated as an overdose ...

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