Relatives of rock legend Tom Petty released a statement Friday revealing the cause of his death in October at the age of 66. According to a medical examiner’s report, his family wrote, he “passed away due to an accidental drug overdose and as a result of taking a variety of medications.” Petty had battled declining …
An Ohio paramedic reportedly began to overdose as he drove an ambulance with a suspected overdose patient in the back. According to the Daytona Daily News, the firefighter medic began to exhibit signs of opioid exposure en route to the hospital. According to David Reichert, the Fairborn fire division chief, the man “was not feeling …
A man and a woman in West Palm Beach, Florida, were arrested after a 1-year-old girl allegedly overdosed from drugs she took from their heroin stash. The Palm Beach Post reports that Charlie Hagan, 38, and Joseph Critelli, 49, were arrested last week in connection with the child’s near-fatal overdose, which occurred in July. Hagan and …
A Reynoldsburg, Ohio, babysitter who gave an 8-month-old baby boy a fatal dose of Benadryl last year was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. The Columbus Dispatch reports that Lori A. Conley, 45, was sentenced to 11 years for involuntary manslaughter, three years for child endangering, and one year for tampering with evidence. In …
A mother of four opened up about the day that changed her life forever, when her two sons overdosed on opioids and lost their lives on the same day. According to Rebecca Savage, June 24, 2015, seemed like any other Saturday, with nothing out of the ordinary—-at least at first. Her two oldest children, Nick, 19, …
‘Whoever is supplying these babies with drugs, needs to be stopped!’
Melissa Lee Matos, a recovered addict, is heartbroken over so many people dying daily from drug overdoses. In an attempt to spread awareness, she posted photos of her own life as a meth addict, in hopes that it will open others’ eyes to how dangerous and devastating drugs can be. “This was what I looked like, daily, …
Police have applauded a 10-year-old after he called 911 after both his mother and grandmother managed to overdose on heroin at the same time, according to WPXI. Kristin Garrett, 32, and Janet Garrett, 72, allegedly overdosed while watching the boy and his 4-year-old sister on June 22. After finding the unresponsive women on the living room floor, …
Drug overdoses killed 60,000 Americans last year and the death toll is rising so fast that opioid addiction is now considered an epidemic. More Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2016 than were killed in the Vietnam war over two decades. The scourge took nearly twice as many lives as traffic accidents. Dr. William Morrone, …
Autopsy results, recently released by the Daytona Beach Sheriff’s Office, confirm that a Florida couple overdosed on drugs earlier this year while their children were left watching a movie. Daniel, 32, and Heather Kelsey, 30, died from an accidental overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl reports Fox35. The couple died on New Year’s Eve when they …
The Chester County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney (DA) says that two drug counselors at a southeastern Pennsylvania addiction facility overdosed and died after taking drugs while at work on Monday. CNN reports that first responders were called to the Freedom Ridge Recovery Lodge in West Brandywine Township on Monday afternoon, after two live-in drug counselors reportedly overdosed on heroin. …
An Ohio couple who allegedly overdosed on heroin while their 3-month-old was strapped in a car seat were saved after their son ran to a relative’s home and got help. WLWT reported that Chelsie Marshall and Lee Johnson allegedly overdosed Thursday morning in their Middletown home. Investigators said their 5-year-old son walked blocks without shoes to his stepgrandfather’s house and …
