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• She died from a cocaine overdose.
• Amongst the five boroughs, the highest-rate of overdose deaths were in the Bronx.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• And that’s just the cost to put out the immediate fire — the overdose.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• Drug overdose deaths reached a record level in the US this spring.
  — Mark Morales, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
• Finally, he was told the young man died from a drug overdose.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• In 2022, Nashville had the second-highest rate of overdose deaths in the country.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
• What if a grandmother had a heart attack or a kid drowned while his team was on an overdose call?
  — Lauren Peace, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Last year, there were nine more deaths than the prior year, with 1,309 fatal overdoses logged.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• Opioid overdose deaths recorded by D.C. so far this year are on pace to surpass last year’s record of 461.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
• The cause of death was later found to be an accidental drug overdose.
  — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• Buckey is the niece of Heath Ledger, who died in 2008 from an accidental overdose.
  — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 13 Oct. 2023
• Some minerals and vitamins can build up in your blood over time and raise your risk of an overdose.
  — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 28 Sep. 2023
• More new moms die from suicide or overdose than anything else.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
• The short answer is yes, melatonin overdose can happen.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 22 Dec. 2023
• The number of people who died from a drug or alcohol overdose in San Diego County plateaued in 2022.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• With a little more than two weeks left in 2023, the number of accidental overdoses is expected to rise by the end of the year.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2023
• The proud daughter of a former coal miner, Ms. Adkins said she’s witnessed the loss of coal jobs and the influx of opioids in the state with the highest rate of overdoses.
  — Leah Willingham, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
• Lewis’ 24-year-old friend, whose name was not released in police records, was found dead from a narcotics overdose in his Ellington home on Sept. 4.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2024
• In a Facebook post, authorities explained that the charges stemmed from the death of Jacob Bowers, who died of an overdose on Jan. 11.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2024
• Fentanyl was detected in 81% of drug overdose deaths in New York City, according to the data.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2023
• Our beloved son, Dex, died of an accidental drug overdose.
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 19 Nov. 2023
• Lively’s father, Dereck Lively Sr., had died of an overdose in 2011, and the single mother didn’t want her son to become an orphan.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 23 June 2023
• Opioids are involved in about eight out of 10 overdose deaths, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
• For example, lives lost to suicide and drug overdoses are at record levels.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Feb. 2024
• Paramedics can start IVs, intubate patients who can’t breathe on their own, and treat overdoses with naloxone.
  — Marion Renault, STAT, 7 July 2023
• Although the number of overdose deaths in the US has held steady recently, the nation has many more than other high-income countries, research shows.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• The actor died at the age 28 of an accidental overdose after filming was complete but before the movie was released.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
• Also read:Louisville's jail has seen suicides, overdose deaths; Oldham County's hasn’t.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 June 2023
• This is the reason why healthcare providers check your pupils when there is a concern about intoxication or overdose.
  — Troy Bedinghaus, Od, Verywell Health, 17 July 2023
• Aponte was taken to a hospital in critical condition suffering from a possible drug overdose, police wrote in a news release.
  — USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024

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• Police added that the child put the bag in her mouth and overdosed.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 May 2023
• The next week, two other students overdosed at the school.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• Not once, in the dozen times she’s been called, has the person overdosing died on her watch.
  — Lev Facher, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
• The voice on the other end said Marshall had overdosed and been found face down in a puddle.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
• The city is on track to record nearly as many overdose deaths as last year, when at least 625 people died.
  — Dustin Gardiner, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2022
• Leslie Carter, who also appeared on the show, died of a prescription drug overdose at the age of 25.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022
• Hamilton overdosed that night and died in the hospital on May 8.
  — Harm Venhuizen, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
• About an hour before Parsons called it a day, a man overdosed.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
• Trina had overdosed and hit her head, or been beaten by her boyfriend (not for the first time), or maybe both.
  — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2023
• Hadland said he’s seen an uptick in teenagers and young adults overdosing.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
• Put the person overdosing on their side with their top leg and arm crossed over the body to prevent choking.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 1 June 2023
• The real animal overdosed and died – not so much in the movie version.
  — Brian Truitt, The Courier-Journal, 24 Feb. 2023
• One of the girls flagged down nearby police, telling them Gorman had overdosed.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 6 Feb. 2024
• At the time, it was only reported that Adam had overdosed.
  — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
• The nasal spray will come in a package of two 4-milligram doses, in case the person overdosing does not respond to the first dose.
  — Nadia Kounang, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• The state has the nation's most per capita overdose deaths and will receive $83 million as part of the settlement.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
• About three weeks later — back from holiday break — the girl overdosed again.
  — Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Start rescue breathing if the breathing of the person overdosing is slow or has stopped.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• Among the first efforts the hotspots team took on was identifying the people most likely to overdose in East Price Hill.
  — cincinnati.com, 22 Sep. 2022
• These are overdose deaths due to lethal levels of fentanyl, methamphetamines, and synthetic drugs that make their way through the prison.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
• The child’s parents had allegedly overdosed and crashed their car into a tree, per WPTV 5.
  — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 27 July 2023
• Four people died in the park, including an 18-year-old from San Diego County who overdosed on drugs.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• For everyone else, the week is a chance to overdose on some seriously cute ponies.
  — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2022
• Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center declared that Black men as a group were the hardest hit in the recent surge of drug-overdose deaths.
  — Wesley Lowery, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
• One who overdosed in a Walmart parking lot gave a home address that didn’t exist.
  — Geoff Mulvihill and Carla K. Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
• One name on the medical examiner’s list of 2017 overdose deaths in San Diego is Leo Holz.
  — Erin Patrick O'Connor, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• Huberman tells me about friends from the skateboarding world who overdosed and others who went to jail.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 28 June 2023
• The co-worker fatally overdosed on the pills the next day, prosecutors said.
  — Christian Martinezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2023
• Shortly afterward, his friends witnessed Cruz begin to overdose, stop breathing and drop dead on the call.
  — Jenna Barackman, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2024
• When someone overdoses from fentanyl, breathing slows and their skin often turns a bluish hue.
  — Mike Baker, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024