Overdose deaths from opioids like Fentanyl have risen dramatically in Grant County since 2028. Mariah Delon Munoz with the Grant County Health District said the numbers here only reflect opioid deaths, not necessarily hospitalizations or overdoses that were handled without aid from first responders or medical facilities.
April 13, 2024
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Area leaders assemble to address opioid epidemic
DESERT AIRE – Leaders from around the Columbia Basin gathered at the Wanapum Heritage Center Thursday to discuss the ongoing battle against Fentanyl – a synthetic opioid that caused nearly two dozen deaths in Grant County last year – and other opioids in the Columbia Basin. “(In Grant County in 2022), for opioids in general there were 486 patients and 23 deaths to an opioid overdose,” said Grant County Health District Harm Reduction Program Coordinator Mariah Delon Munoz.