Xylazine – an animal tranquilizer known for its “flesh-eating” side effects in street drugs – has made its way to the Los Angeles illicit substance supply, increasing the chances of a fatal overdose. The Los Angeles Department of Public Health (LADPH) issued a health alert Tuesday, warning residents of the increased risk of overdose and death associated with xylazine, which ...
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In Today’s Society, Drug Use And Drug Overdosing Has Increased Significantly
In today’s society, drug use and drug overdosing has increased significantly, across the nation and even right here in our Santa Clarita Valley. Fentanyl-laced drugs have gotten in the hands of too many adolescents and adults, and you cannot even tell which drugs have it.
Read More »“Fentanyl Kills”, And Action Drug Rehab Are Ready To Help Turn You Or Your Loved One’s Life Around For The Better
In today’s times, Fentanyl is unfortunately claiming the lives of too many people and Action Drug Rehab is here to tell you that “Fentanyl kills” and Cary Quashen and his team are ready to help turn you or your loved one’s life around for the better. Cary Quashen has devoted his life to helping those battling a drug or alcohol ...
Read More »Child & Family Center To Present ‘Rainbow Fentanyl: More Trick Than Treat’
Child & Family Center plans to present “Rainbow Fentanyl – More Trick Than Treat,” to educate parents on the dangers of fentanyl disguised to look like candy. Drug traffickers are manufacturing rainbow fentanyl to look like candy and targeting children, according to Child & Family Center. Fentanyl is a very high-potency opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin ...
Read More »‘People Need Help, Not Legal Place To Shoot Up’: Wilk Lauds Governor Newsom’s Decision To Veto Drug Den Bill
Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, responds to Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill, (SB 57) that would have created “safe” drug injection centers in California cities. SB 57, proposed by Senator Scott Weiner, D-San Francisco, was proposed to “Legalize Overdose Prevention Programs (safe consumption sites)” in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland, according to officials with Wilk’s office. Senator Wilk described ...
Read More »Fentanyl: The Number One Destroyer Of Our Kids
The paramedics arrived minutes too late. Another Santa Clarita child had died from a Fentanyl overdose. More than a half-dozen known overdoses have occurred in our valley this year alone. And those are the official ones reported. The Fentanyl crisis is sweeping our nation. Fentanyl is mostly manufactured in China and smuggled across our overflowing Mexican border. Fentanyl is much ...
Read More »Two Hospitalized After Presumed Drug Overdose At Santa Clarita Sports Complex
Two people experienced a suspected drug overdose at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex Thursday afternoon. About 5:35 p.m. Thursday, emergency responders received reports of a medical emergency involving a possible overdose at the Santa Clarita Skate Park, located at the Santa Clarita Sports Complex on the 20800 block of Centre Pointe Parkway, according to Dispatcher Klein, spokesperson with the Los ...
Read More »‘One Decision And You’re Dead’: Two Santa Clarita Parents Grieve Preventable Losses From Overdose (Part 1)
Whether it’s one pill or a years-long addiction, synthetic opioid overdose continues taking the lives of sons and daughters here in our very own Santa Clarita Valley. In the days after 16-year-old Daniel Puerta had been found unconscious in his bed at the onset of the pandemic, police sought out his social media passwords. Hidden in the private messages of ...
Read More »Overdoses On The Rise, Get Help For Your Teen At Insight Treatment Center
Insight Treatment Center of Santa Clarita is an intensive outpatient treatment center for struggling teens and their families.
Read More »J-Team Discusses Growing Danger Of Narcotics In Santa Clarita
Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Juvenile Intervention Team, (J-Team) discussed the dangers of narcotics and signs to look for if someone is possibly using them in a special segment with KHTS. With drugs continuously getting stronger, drugs that are not believed to be as problematic are becoming more dangerous, even for adult users. “Parents will say, ‘they’re ...
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