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The two Tijuana journalists murdered this month had sought help from Baja California’s journalist protection program. The help never came. -
Prosecutors say the 19-year-old victim, identified in court papers only by his initials, stole drugs that he was planning to smuggle from Mexico into the U.S. In response, alleged drug traffickers kidnapped the teen and took him hostage in an effort to extort his parents. -
By their own admission, city and county officials are late to the game. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing, considering that other municipalities in California have tried and failed to correct the injustices brought by the War on Drugs. -
Drug use was at a 21-year high for adult males arrested and booked into local detention facilities in 2020, with methamphetamine and fentanyl posing some worrying trends, according to a San Diego Association of Governments report released Thursday. -
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department has released unedited body cam video of what it said shows a deputy overdosing on fentanyl. The original edited video drew questions and criticism. -
Key records on the incident involving a deputy trainee still haven’t been made public, including a toxicology report. -
The video, which went viral last week, depicts a Sheriff’s Department trainee apparently overdosing after being exposed to the powerful opioid. Doctors are dubious that he actually overdosed.
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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego saw a sharp increase in fentanyl related deaths during the region's COVID lockdowns in particular. -
Around 700 fentanyl-related overdose deaths are projected to occur in San Diego County by the end of the year, according to a joint warning issued Wednesday by San Diego County law enforcement and prosecutors about the drug's dangerous potential.
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According to the strike force's figures, the highly addictive drug was tied to the deaths of 546 people in San Diego County last year, 63 more than the previous record of 483 set in 2018.
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