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Potential public health risk among individuals ordering counterfeit prescription medications from online pharmacies

ByOD Free Marin

From The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is informing public health officials, clinicians, and affected patients, their families, and caregivers about a potential public health risk among individuals ordering what they believe to be prescription medications from online pharmacies. On September 30, 2024, the U.S….

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Marin parent set to pedal to Farallones in daughter’s memory

ByOD Free Marin

An article in the Oct 3, 2024 edition of the Marin Independent Journal about a Mill Valley mom, Jessica Schiller, who biked to the Farallon Islands to honor her daughter Naomi, who died from fentanyl poisoning in 2022. “We’re always looking for new ways to raise awareness about fentanyl, and Jessica certainly found one,” said…

Public Health Officer Matthew Willis, right speaks to Marin County Board of Supervisors for Fentanyl Awareness Day 2024
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OD Free Marin Presentation to Marin Board of Supervisors for 2024 National Fentanyl Awareness Day

ByOD Free Marin

Please view the 2024 National Fentanyl Awareness Day commemoration (starts at 54:46 minutes into the Marin Board of Supervisors’ meeting on 5/7/24.) This segment (#4 in the agenda) includes updates from Supervisor Katie Rice (who sponsored the resolution) and Public Health Officer Matthew Willis, MPH, MD, as well as input from interns, the community and…

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PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY: Local Increase in Fentanyl Overdose Deaths

ByOD Free Marin

Current Situation Marin County is experiencing a cluster of suspected fentanyl overdose deaths. In five overdose deaths since February 14, preliminary toxicology suggests the victims ingested fentanyl in combination with methamphetamine. There are corresponding increases in these substances in Marin County wastewater and in 911 calls for non-fatal overdose events. People using substances may be…

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‘Hey Marin: WTF?’: North Bay county starts new fentanyl awareness campaign to bring attention to growing opioid crisis [Video]

ByOD Free Marin

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (KGO) — A new campaign is targeting the dangers of fentanyl in Marin County. This as President Joe Biden met with Mexico’s president on the last day of APEC to talk about the Fentanyl crisis facing the two countries. In the North Bay, a new eye-catching ad campaign is targeting the dangers…

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OD Free Marin collaborates with Song for Charlie to educate parents about preventing youth overdose

ByOD Free Marin

Marin parent Jessica Schiller, whose daughter Naomi died of an overdose, joined a panel discussion on fentanyl at the Marin County Office of Education (MCOE) which held a screening of the documentary, “Drugs in the Age of Fentanyl.” Marin County community-based prevention coalition, OD Free Marin collaborated on the event with Song for Charlie, a nonprofit…

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Inside San Francisco’s ‘poison pipeline’ – ground zero of California’s deadly fentanyl epidemic

ByOD Free Marin

Rozina Sabur | The Telegraph Rizzy Spoer began using drugs aged 12. Growing up in San Francisco’s Bay Area, she enjoyed experimenting with as many illicit substances as she could. It got to a point, she said, where she was “probably going to die”. In her experience, her story isn’t “uncommon”. Now aged 34, she…

Greenbrae parents Michelle and Jeff Leopold remember their son Trevor
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The Fentanyl Crisis – how it affected Greenbrae parents Michelle and Jeff Leopold

ByOD Free Marin

by Dan Pine / excerpted from JWeekly The parents of Greenbrae teen Trevor Leopold said their son resisted help when it came to drug use. Michelle and Jeff Leopold watched helplessly as Trevor became a habitual cannabis user two years after his bar mitzvah at Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael. The drug caused violent…