Behavioral Wellness Department issues free Narcan kits countywide
The County’s Behavioral Wellness Department is continuing its fight against opioid overdoses through additional distribution of Narcan kits at this…
Continue ReadingThe County’s Behavioral Wellness Department is continuing its fight against opioid overdoses through additional distribution of Narcan kits at this…
Continue ReadingCustody deputies at the Northern Branch Jail successfully used Narcan to save two people in custody experiencing opioid overdoses on…
Continue ReadingThe Coroner’s Bureau has identified the man who died at Stearns Wharf on Sep. 6 as 20-year-old John Venters III of Santa Barbara.…
Continue ReadingCustody deputies at the Santa Barbara County Main Jail successfully used Narcan to save the life of a third inmate this week at the detention…
Continue ReadingThe City of Lompoc partnered with Lompoc City Fire Department to help in the fight against the opioid epidemic by installing opioid rescue kits…
Continue ReadingAn inmate at the Northern Branch Jail was pronounced dead at 2:46 p.m. Monday afternoon after Custody Deputies and medical personnel made life-saving…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office honored employees and members of the community at their Annual Recognition Awards Luncheon on Thursday at…
Continue ReadingThe Ventura County Fentanyl Overdose and Crimes Units (VCFOCUS) task force was created to collaborate law enforcement efforts across agencies on the…
Continue ReadingU.C. Santa Barbara’s Gauchos Recovery Program says drug overdose kits were in high demand leading up to “Deltopia” this year as fentanyl related…
Continue ReadingThe national fentanyl crisis continues to…
Continue ReadingThe Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office shared its latest data on overdose deaths in the county showing a notable increase over the three year…
Continue ReadingOne man was found dead in the 6300 block of Morro Road from an overdose near 5 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to the Atascadero Police Department.…
Continue ReadingA deputy on patrol saved a man he found overdosing on a sidewalk in Goleta Monday night by administering a single dose of Naloxone before the…
Continue ReadingOwners of the Red Piano on State Street hosted an education session Thursday on opioid overdoses, how to spot them, and how to potentially save a…
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