A Tampa Bay Times investigation found that more than 580 people in Florida have died from kratom-related overdoses during the past decade — even as the industry has touted the safety of its products.
Addiction
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With L.A. County fentanyl deaths spiking 1,652% in six years, the stakes of getting the right services to the right place are higher than ever.
A mother, a child, a best friend. The insidious drug took their lives indiscriminately.
MacArthur Park had 83 fatal overdoses in 2022, more than any ZIP code in Los Angeles County.
Following sources to work and shadowing them can sometimes be all you need to tell a story successfully, leading to indelible moments you'd never otherwise capture.
With over 1,900 deaths recorded in 2022, fentanyl overtakes meth as top cause of overdoses in L.A. County.
A marketplace for shoplifted goods, a concentration of dealers and open air drug use has pushed MacArthur Park to an epicenter of an epidemic.
For people experiencing homelessness, fentanyl is both a tool of survival and a cause of destruction making quitting feel impossible, yet imperative.
There is little public information on where overdose deaths are taking place and who is dying in L.A. A new data project will seek to remedy that.