Overdosing from drugs is no longer a matter of “if” it’s a matter of “when”. One issue we face today is seeing addiction as it should be, a disease and treating it as such, without punishment.

A surge in fentanyl deaths across the nation has taken the lives of Santa Clarita Valley youth in recent months, prompting a press conference hosted by Action Drug Rehab, accompanied by Federal, County, and local leaders on Monday. The press conference took place just one day after National Fentanyl Awareness Day on Aug. 21, with the aim of giving parents ...