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January 19, 2021
Overdoses causing death doubled last year in Clare County. Now in 2021, the county opioid investigator says they’re already off to a scary start.
“You know it’s there, but until you actually get into doing this, you don’t really realize to what extent,” says Dale Heugel, opioid detective for Clare County.
In 2019, Heugel says he was excited to start his new career as a opioid detective in Clare County. Now, nearly two years on the job, he says he didn’t think it would be to the extent of what it is.
“Of course being my first year up here I knew there were overdoses, but I didn’t realize to what extent they were, till I started compiling stats and going out on these overdoses,” says Heugel.