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Addiction

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Part 1: Hundreds died using kratom in Florida. It was touted as safe.

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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What people struggling with homelessness and drug use taught me about San Francisco’s overdose crisis

Journalists better serve communities by remembering that people trust us not only to be their eyes and ears, but also to share their words and experiences with care and respect.

Addiction
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Map of LA’s fentanyl hot spots reveals where critical resources are missing

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.

Addiction
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Love, loss and LA’s deadliest drug: 3 families struck by fentanyl’s wrath

A mother, a child, a best friend. The insidious drug took their lives indiscriminately.

Addiction
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Mired in overdose crisis, MacArthur Park struggles to revive Neighborhood Council

MacArthur Park had 83 fatal overdoses in 2022, more than any ZIP code in Los Angeles County.

Addiction
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Understanding the overdose crisis through the eyes of workers trying to save lives

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.

Addiction
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Fentanyl became LA’s deadliest drug in 2022 and hit Black community hardest

With over 1,900 deaths recorded in 2022, fentanyl overtakes meth as top cause of overdoses in L.A. County.

Addiction
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Part 1: Fentanyl addiction fuels underground shoplifting economy in LA’s MacArthur Park

A marketplace for shoplifted goods, a concentration of dealers and open air drug use has pushed MacArthur Park to an epicenter of an epidemic.

Addiction
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Part 2: My fight with fentanyl: Stories from 3 people battling addiction

For people experiencing homelessness, fentanyl is both a tool of survival and a cause of destruction making quitting feel impossible, yet imperative.

Addiction
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Can fresh data and visuals help readers better grapple with LA’s overdose epidemic?

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.

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