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18-Year-Old Accused of Targeting Ventura Students in Drug Operation
The warnings about drugs reaching increasingly younger kids hit parents the hard way in Ventura County. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office arrested an 18-year-old Oxnard man for an alleged narcotics operation that investigators say targeted students at local middle and high schools. He used colorful packaging and cartoon images to appeal to children. Even though …
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Free Naloxone Events Nationwide Honor Save a Life Day
Free naloxone will be available at more than 750 events nationwide on September 26. On that date, communities mark Save a Life Day with one of the largest overdose-reversal distributions of the year. Families and neighborhoods hit by fentanyl and opioid addiction know the events put life-saving tools directly into local hands. Save a Life …
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Opioid Addiction Risk Rises After Police Drug Crackdowns
Researchers studied 716 people who use drugs in San Francisco, and found that those living near police drug distribution arrests reported more drug sources. Researchers say that pattern could raise overdose risk for people with opioid addiction. Enforcement disrupts local markets and forces people to look elsewhere. Published in the journal Health Justice, the research …
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Opioid Crisis Deaths Fall as Naloxone Access Expands
Overdose deaths fell across much of the United States from 2023 to 2024 and a new analysis finds the greatest progress in areas that treated the opioid crisis with multiple responses rather than one fix. The study compares U.S. states with other countries. The pattern is consistent. Years of combined investment in naloxone and harm …
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Leesburg, Virginia Opioid Overdoses Fell as Recovery Event Returns
Loudoun County, Virginia, is heading into its annual recovery festival to celebrate recent stats. Opioid overdoses reported to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office fell to 47 in 2025, a 48% decline from 91 in 2025. Those involving opioids dropped even more steeply. To be sure states like Virginia offer a wide range of addiction care, …
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Lafayette, Indiana Remembers Lives Lost to Opioid Overdose
An opioid overdose remembrance in Lafayette drew the mayors of both Lafayette and West Lafayette and officials to Columbian Park in late August. The Drug-Free Coalition of Tippecanoe County organized the Overdose Remembrance and Awareness Event to honor locals who died of overdose and support those in recovery. Community Events Sit Alongside Treatment Indiana features …
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Long Beach Program Links Residents to Opioid Addiction Care
Most conversations about opioid addiction start after something has already gone wrong. Residents in Southern California spent the end of August trying to start a conversation. And this time, some folks listened. On August 29, the city of Long Beach hosted a free resource fair at MacArthur Park called “Turning the Tide: Navigating Local Programs …
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Overdose Vigil Draws 120 People in Shelter Island, New York
The sixth annual Vigil of Hope filled the community center in Shelter Island in New York on August 27. Roughly 120 people attended. The event has become the town’s annual reckoning with opioid addiction and overdose. Due to community dedication, ranging from local Narcotics Anonymous chapters to inpatient facilities, 2026 marked a new turn from …
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New Opera Shines Spotlight on Opioid Addiction Recovery
The federal government spent the first full week of September promoting personal stories to shift public attitudes on opioid addiction in ways statistics don’t. An American composer made a version of that argument in a concert hall a month earlier. The piece is on its way to an international tour. Missy Mazzoli’s opera “The Galloping …
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Fentanyl Overdose Memorial Walk Draws Hundreds in Pacifica, California
Hundreds of folks gathered in Pacifica in California for the third annual HOPE Memorial Walk. This event is built around fentanyl awareness, overdose prevention and recovery. Participants carried photographs of people they had lost and walked together to share stories of grief and of recovery. To be sure, states like California have an abundance of …
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