A member of the Mobile Cunty Health Department’s Overdose Prevention team was recognized in Bessemer at the Alabama Department of Mental Health's Peer Certification Conference.
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is partnering with the Helios Alliance to end the opioid crisis in Alabama.
It appears the number of drug fatalities in 2023 will exceed the 2022 number in Jefferson County, but the coroner says the increase won’t be significant.
Jefferson County Coroner Bill Yates said drug deaths continue to climb year over year despite numerous efforts to curb the opioid crisis.
Carfentanil, also called Wildnil, has been identified in Walker County. The synthetic opioid is nothing new but hasn’t been a top concern for law enforcement until now.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has confirmed 488 deaths in 2022 were drug overdose fatalities.
The Jefferson County Coroner reported Monday the county has reached 100 suspected drug overdose deaths so far in 2023. There is an additional death that was from a confirmed overdose.
The Department of Homeland Security seized enough fentanyl off of Birmingham streets in 2022 to kill the entire state population of Alabama. Think about that for a minute.
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By Nicole Allshouse Homeland Security Investigations in Birmingham have seized more than 10 kilograms of fentanyl so far in 2021. The...
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