From 2020 to 2021, fentanyl deaths tripled, even as deaths from other drugs, like heroin, were decreasing.
On March 10, after a weekend of a dozen overdoses and three deaths from fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin, public officials briefed theshared data showing that overdoses have been steadily rising in the county for the last three years, with a 38% increase in accidental deaths from 2019 to 2020, and another 20% increase in 2021. , said paramedics are responding to around 30 opioid overdoses a day.
“If you call 911 to help someone experiencing an overdose, you will NOT be prosecuted by our office.”All of these tactics – increased access to Narcan, a local, which has provided lifesaving supplies to low-income users since 2019."We have been asking for the commissioners to convene this meeting long before this surge happened," says, organizing director at THRA.
THRA lacks the resources to"do the work that's necessary in the way that it's necessary," she says."We're doing patchwork for a worsening crisis. If the county and city leaders could come together, declare this a public health emergency, and put together a plan with some of the recommendations that we have," perhaps these spikes could be curbed in the future.
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