By JOSH FRIEDMAN Three inmates allegedly overdosed, and one died at Santa Barbara County’s Northern Branch Jail near Santa Maria this week. [KSBY] On Wednesday night, custody deputies discovered an unconscious Read More …
The city of Paso Robles could receive more than $680,000 from a settlement to be paid by drug distributors and manufacturers over their role in the United States’s opioid epidemic. Read More …
Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputies managed to rescue a 56-year-old homeless man experiencing a drug overdose in Isla Vista on Saturday by administering the opioid-combating medication Naloxone. At about 2 p.m., Read More …
Nine Santa Barbara County Jail inmates overdosed on opioids on Thursday, according to the sheriff’s department. Read More …
Joining a trend of coast-to-coast lawsuits against big pharma, Santa Barbara County is suing several pharmaceutical companies over their alleged role in creating rampant opioid addiction. Read More …