SAN FRANCISCO FENTANYL OVERDOSE DEATHS INCREASED LAST YEAR, PREDICTABLY

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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, […]

IN BALTIMORE TOO – IT’S THE NARCAN

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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

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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 […]