The Long Beach Fire Department explains what Narcan is and how to use it.
A counterfeit drug is believed to be the cause of four deaths in roughly a 24-hour span this week in the San Diego area, the county sheriff's department says.
The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin said it will stop marketing opioid drugs to doctors, bowing to a key demand of lawsuits that blame the company for helping trigger the current drug abuse epidemic.
A dozen people were arrested on federal drug charges for allegedly operating sham medical clinics that sent some 2 million prescription pills to the black market, authorities said.
A dangerous street drug can come in the form of a pill and has already claimed the lives of four people in Orange County.
Capitals forward Mike Richards' charges of possessing a controlled substance were stayed by a judge in Manitoba.