Amid rise in overdose deaths, advocates look for answers
and last updated 2021-05-28 13:26:28-04
Addiction is suffocating. It has strangled countless lives and ended so many others. For me, it started with the pills and once you get cut off, youâre already hooked,â described Jennifer Foote, who found herself addicted to drugs. âAnd you have nowhere to turn to for your withdrawals, so I went and turned to heroin.
For Jason Doss, he lost four people he knew to drug overdoses.
âItâs my sinking thinking that gets me back out here, Doss said.
He feels addictionâs strength in the worst ways.
Michigan state trooper overcome by fentanyl during traffic stop, saved by Narcan
32-year-old driver taken into custody
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Michigan State Police trooper came into contact with fentanyl during a traffic stop Thursday and fell to the ground, officials said.
The incident happened at 2:13 p.m. Thursday (May 20) in Kawkawlin, which is in Bay County,
Troopers were called to M-13 near Beaver Road on reports of a reckless driver, according to authorities.
When troopers saw the vehicle, they conducted a traffic stop and spoke to the driver, who was suspected of being under the influence of drugs, police said.
Drug overdose deaths hit record highs during the pandemic
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and last updated 2021-04-27 22:32:37-04
Amid the pandemic, San Luis Obispo County drug overdose deaths have hit a record high.
For the past 13 months, the pandemic has prompted stay-at-home orders, closures and less person-to-person interaction. When people don t have the coping skills to tolerate that, they will go towards drugs and other avoidant behaviors, said Coraline Robinson, Balance Treatment Center Program Director.
While some Central Coast treatment centers have avoided closures, some in-person treatment services had to move online. Even people who were active in recovery and doing well and going to meetings and going to programs, when those stopped or those went online, people lost a lot of connection, said Dr. Ken Starr, owner of Kenn Starr MD Wellness Group.