JeffCo had record overdose deaths in 2020
Overdose deaths surging in Jefferson County By Steve Crocker | April 7, 2021 at 10:21 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 10:21 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office reported three more suspected overdose deaths in Jefferson County Tuesday night. This comes in addition to three women who died of suspected overdoses in the Center Point area Monday.
Jefferson County’s Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates says the county hit a record 302 drug overdoses in 2020, a 28% increase from 2019. He says the culprit is easy to spot.
“In a decedent who dies of an overdose, we’re seeing fentanyl and cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine or fentanyl and heroin” says Yates.