overdose deaths

All total, Jim Curtice says the county saw 94 overdose deaths last year nearly tying with 2021 when a record 95 overdose deaths were reported in the valley.

. It's a major mental health crisis that started to show increases in 2021 during the COVID pandemic.

So far this year 61 people have died of a drug overdose. The number was 54 at the end of last month.

Numbers compiled by county coroner Wayne Harris show the high mark of 31 overdose deaths last year has fallen off by about a third so far in 2023.

It's ironic the state has launched an opioid and drug overdose dashboard, when the legislature decriminalized hard drugs and has opened the door for skyrocketing rates

According to MyNorthwest.com, tranq is a new drug popping up in the Puget Sound area, and it's deadlier than just fentanyl.

Curtice says over the last two days he's seen 4 overdose deaths and he's concerned there's a large amount of fentanyl laced pills being sold on the streets of Yakima.