Drugs

Researchers analyzed 263 drug-related deaths recorded across the state between July 2020 and December 2021. They took data from medical certificates, toxicology reports and death investigator narratives.

Hawaiʻi has $33 million from opioid manufacturer settlements to address substance abuse — and that number is expected to grow. So far, the state has spent about $2.7 million of the fund. HPR's Ashley Mizuo explains how managing and spending the money has been a work in progress.

Oʻahu bars and nightclubs are now required to stock naloxone, commonly known as the brand Narcan, which can reverse an opioid drug overdose. That mandate could be expanded to restaurants and hotels statewide under a bill going through the Legislature.

From drug addict to drug counselor, a Maui woman is showing that recovery is possible. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports on how she’s helping others on their recovery journey.

The state has already received about $19 million from settlements with opioid distributors and manufacturers to address substance abuse, but most of that money has not been spent. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports.

Naloxone, known commonly by the brand name Narcan, is a nasal spray used to reverse opioid overdoses. Bill 28, which passed through the Honolulu City Council on Wednesday, would require at least two doses be on hand at "high-risk" venues, including bars, pubs and clubs, beginning next year.

Honolulu police have arrested a man and woman they say supplied the fentanyl in a mass overdose in a room at an oceanfront hotel that left two people dead. A criminal complaint filed Monday charges Avery Garrard and Keina Drageset with conspiring with each other and others to distribute fentanyl that resulted in death.

Days after fatal overdoses at a Waikīkī hotel, Honolulu City Council considered a bill to require naloxone at certain establishments that sell alcohol. Bill 28 would be applicable to bars, pubs, nightclubs and other high-risk venues.

Two people are dead in what officials believe was a mass fentanyl overdose involving five people in a Waikīkī hotel room.

The Conversation's hana hou show discusses how a Big Island Fentanyl Task Force notes high rate of fentanyl abuse and the need to warn youth; a grieving parent of a 14-year-old who died from fentanyl resolves to help others; an executive director of High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area reveals threat of fentanyl; how Drug Enforcement Agency emphasizes public education on fentanyl; Kauaʻi foundation director's take on substance abuse