SAN FRANCISCO FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED LAST YEAR, PREDICTABLY

SAN FRANCISCO FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED LAST YEAR, PREDICTABLY As elsewhere, naloxone saves can’t keep up with the magnitude of high-risk use and overdose driven by expert treatment failure by Clark Miller Published February 27, 2026 There are no surprises in the news from San Francisco, where fentanyl overdose deaths trended back up last year, […]
OPIOID CRISIS DEATHS ARE RISING IN A RURAL WASHINGTON COUNTY – ANOTHER EXCEPTION PROVING THE LETHAL RULE

OPIOID CRISIS DEATHS ARE RISING IN A RURAL WASHINGTON COUNTY – ANOTHER EXCEPTION PROVING THE LETHAL RULE In Grant County, medical opioid cures have been as accessible as elsewhere in the U.S., but not life-saving naloxone by Clark Miller Published February 20, 2026 Readers who have been following posts here at A Critical Discourse or […]
IN BALTIMORE TOO – IT’S THE NARCAN

IN BALTIMORE TOO – IT’S THE NARCAN Drops in opioid overdose deaths are consistent with the timeline of effective community naloxone distribution, not with fentanyl supply or other desperate, distracting cover stories for expert treatment lethal failure by Clark Miller Published February 13, 2026 Key Takeaways In Baltimore over most recent years – Effectively targeted, community-based […]
DEVIANT MEDIA OPIOID CRISIS REPORTING: REAL, INSIGHTFUL, FROM THE STREET

DEVIANT MEDIA OPIOID CRISIS REPORTING: REAL, INSIGHTFUL, FROM THE STREET Beginnings of surges in hidden, high-risk opioid use and overdose began years ago, now increasingly hide a worsening crisis by Clark Miller Published February 6, 2026 The anomalously unsuperficial, substantive, legitimately grounded reporting echoes more recent, remarkably honest accounts (here and here and here) of […]