“Already for the first three-quarters of 2022, we have reached the level of 2020,” Fiore said. “So we are going to at least equal, if not surpass, 2021 this year that we’re …
SANTA CRUZ – Acute drug-related deaths continued to surge this year in Santa Cruz County and local experts are sounding the alarm as they seek to bring attention to the troubling trend.
According to data from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office, there were 57 acute drug-related deaths in 2019. That number rose to 61 in 2020 and again to 95 in 2021. The office recorded 64 deaths from January to September this year. She noted that in recent years the number of deaths from the opioid has also been skewing more to younger age groups.
According to Ghilarducci, the majority of people overdosing in Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey counties recover thanks, in part, to broad efforts to distribute naloxone – an emergency treatment for narcotic overdoses.
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