by Tyler Durden
Saturday, Apr 17, 2021 - 10:30 PM
America has been engulfed with a drug problem for decades, but the situation is quickly deteriorating as the largest inbound fentanyl traffic into the country was recently reported. Not surprising, but Las Vegas has been the latest metro area to suffer an alarming surge in overdose deaths.
According to Las Vegas Sun, fentanyl killed 219 people in the Las Vegas Valley in 2020, a stunning 200% increase from the prior year.
During the 2015-18 opioid crisis that ravaged many metros across the US, Clark County, Nevada, the area that houses Las Vegas, recorded annual reductions in opioid overdoses and deaths.
PORT discusses overdose outreach
By Jennifer Woods - jwoods@aimmediamidwest.com
Pathways Overdose Response Team members (left-to-right) Brian Carlson, Brooke Truman, Ashley Roberts, Joe Cantrell, Kyndle Clark, Jessica Pfeifer and Hannah Dingman. Not pictured: Tony Kegg , Mark Allen and Christopher Skelly.
Jennifer Woods | Record-Herald photo
The local Pathways Overdose Response Team (PORT), also called the Quick Response Team (QRT), has been keeping busy during the pandemic as the number of drug overdoses has risen. PORT is just one component of Fayette County Pathways to Recovery.
Fayette County Pathways to Recovery was started early 2019 through the Community Action Commission and consists of five certified Peer Recovery specialists who have a lived experience of addiction and have found long-term recovery. As previously reported, the program was based upon the philosophy that there are multiple pathways to recovery, people can and do recover, and that peer support and care
A problem that was here long before COVID-19 is opioid addiction and substance use disorders. The Oneida County Sheriff s Office is announcing another tragic surge in overdose cases and deaths.
The Oneida County Overdose Response Team announced Wednesday 18 overdoses and 4 overdose deaths over a 5-day period. Using their Overdoes Detection Mapping Application System, 18 suspected overdoses caused by heroin, cocaine and fentanyl were reported between December 30th, 2020 and January 3rd, 2021. Those 18 do not include the 4 deaths.
The triggering system alerts the task force of a spike of 4 or more cases in a 24-hour period. Officials say, during the time between New Year s Eve and New Year s Day 8 of the 18 overdoses were detected.