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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. -
Federal agents announced what they called the largest methamphetamine bust in U.S. history Wednesday, with more than 2,200 pounds seized at stash houses in Riverside County, along with cocaine and heroin. -
A pair of active-duty U.S. Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton were arrested Tuesday morning on a federal grand jury indictment charging one of the Marines and three civilians with conspiring to distribute narcotics.
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