Friday, November 12, 2021

Opioid deaths: "1,613 people have died in opioid overdoses in Mass. this year"

"Opioid overdoses continued to claim the lives of hundreds of Massachusetts residents in 2021. In the first nine months of this year 1,613 residents have died, a 1 percent increase over the same period in 2020, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health.

The semiannual report suggests the crisis may be stabilizing after a 5 percent spike in deaths in 2020, when the effects of the pandemic erased the state’s progress in combating illicit opioid use. The annual number of opioid-related deaths peaked at 2,110 in 2016, declined slightly over the next three years, and rose to 2,106 in 2020.

Information gathered from emergency medical services providers around the state also point to a leveling-off. The percentage of EMS trips that were related to opioid use, including nonfatal overdoses, changed little from June 2019 to June 2021, hovering at just over 2 percent."
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/11/10/metro/1613-have-died-opioid-overdoses-massachusetts-this-year/

Critical Conversations, an event on mental health and substance abuse co-sponsored by Franklin Public Schools and the SAFE Coalition, is scheduled for Nov 18  -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/11/franklin-public-schools-ma-announces.html


Opioid deaths: "1,613 people have died in opioid overdoses in Mass. this year"

It was 2104 for the 2020 calendar year.

It was 2104 for the 2020 calendar year
It was 2104 for the 2020 calendar year


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