Tag: overdose deaths
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EDITORIAL: Rising overdoses cry out for a crackdown
El Paso County Coroner Emily Russell-Kinsley revealed some disturbing news this week: The number of accidental overdose deaths in the county last year — 178 — represent a 16% jump over a year earlier. As The Gazette reports, that’s nearly the same percentage by which overdose deaths declined nationwide in that time. Nationally, overdose deaths…
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Coroner’s report: Overdose deaths rise in El Paso County, buck national trend
Last year, El Paso County saw 178 accidental overdose deaths, a 16% increase over 2024. The numbers, recently released in the El Paso County Coroner’s annual report, show that drug-related deaths in Colorado’s most populous county rose at close to the same rate that overdoses decreased nationwide. In the United States, overdose deaths decreased by…
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Coroner’s report: Overdose deaths rise in El Paso County, buck national trend
Last year, El Paso County saw 178 accidental overdose deaths, a 16% increase over 2024. The numbers, recently released in the El Paso County Coroner’s annual report, show that drug-related deaths in Colorado’s most populous county rose at close to the same rate that overdoses decreased nationwide. In the United States, overdose deaths decreased by…
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Fentanyl-related deaths more than double in El Paso County
Overdoses related to fentanyl — a potent synthetic opioid — more than doubled last year in El Paso County, according to data from the county coroner’s office. For years, public health and law enforcement officials warned about the powerful drug that was causing spikes in overdoses on the East Coast and steadily making its way toward western…