Synthetic opioids driving increased overdoses
Fentanyl and similar synthetic opioids are important contributors to the surge of overdoses and overdose deaths, in the Columbia Basin and nationwide. Locally, at least 26 overdose deaths have occurred and an unverifiable number of non-lethal overdoses have also occurred.
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A Narcan dispenser outside the Grant County Health District office. Health district officials are working to expand the number of dispensers countywide.
MOSES LAKE — More – and more powerful – controlled substances are making their way into the Columbia Basin, and that trend is making itself felt in overdose deaths and nonfatal overdoses. Mariah Deleon, harm reduction coordinator for the Grant County Health District, detailed some of the statistics.
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