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Racial disparities in Allegheny County’s fatal drug overdose rates got worse last year. Now Black residents are more than twice as likely as whites to die. Data suggests the death rate for both races is being driven–at least in part–by cocaine laced with fentanyl, a strong and deadly opioid.
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On today’s program: State Rep. Jim Struzzi is sponsoring legislation to make fentanyl strips, which are considered drug paraphernalia, legal; an explanation of how teachers actually develop lesson plans, amid attempts to limit frameworks like critical race theory; and a look at what it means for the state to be testing landfill decomposition for radium and radiation.
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On today’s program: Allegheny County’s chief medical examiner talks about trends in the recently released total number of fatal overdoses from last year; and two mothers tell their experiences in cleaning their homes after losing children to fatal gunshot wounds.
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A report released by county officials this week found that overdose deaths were up 22% across Allegheny County in 2020 compared to 2019. Though there was a steep drop from 2017 to 2018, the numbers show an upward trend over the last three years. Fentanyl was the most frequently detected substance, followed by heroin and cocaine.
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Long before the coronavirus jumped from an animal to a human to start the global pandemic, western Pennsylvania was already grappling with another health…
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Pennsylvania’s auditor general says when his team set out to determine how much addiction to opioids—and in particular, the powerful synthetic drug…
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A Pittsburgh mom has been sentenced in the death of her toddler daughter, which authorities say was due to the narcotic fentanyl found in the child's pink…
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State police say an infant overdosed on fentanyl after his parents fell asleep while using the drug in a vehicle at their Pennsylvania home.The…
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In 2017, 5,614 people in Pennsylvania died from a drug overdose. County coroner and medical examiner reports show that fentanyl, a synethic opioid, was…
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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for summer programming set to include music from John William’s films, the Rolling Stones and the U.S.…