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Opioid deaths rose 50 percent during the pandemic. In these places, they fell.

From Politico:


Fatal drug overdoses in the U.S., driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl, increased by more than half during the pandemic and remain near record levels. But in Lucas County, where Toledo is, they plummeted 20 percent between 2020 and 2022.


Researchers credit the county’s effort to bring together health department workers, treatment providers, clergy and law enforcement to look at where overdoses and deaths were happening, so they could target resources to where they were most needed. The community support, in turn, made it easier to overcome bureaucratic obstacles to getting drug users into treatment.


And now people behind the initiative believe the approach could be a template for the country — if they can convince state and federal lawmakers to continue funding their efforts and to pass laws eliminating the red tape they encountered.


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