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The state, with 1,964 overdose deaths, follows a national trend.
The U.S. saw more than 93,000 overdose deaths in 2020, the highest number ever recorded in a 12-month period.
According to resident cases autopsied by the Kentucky Office of the Medical Examiner and toxicology reports submitted by Kentucky coroners, the increase in the death toll was driven mostly by a rise in opioid abuse, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, which were found in 1,393 cases, accounting for approximately 71% of all overdose deaths for the year.
“In addition to the stress caused by the pandemic, we believe the increase in overdose deaths for 2020 is due to a rise in illicit fentanyl and its analogues within the drug supply. The problem is also exacerbated by the widespread availability of potent, inexpensive methamphetamine,” said Van Ingram, executive director of ODCP. “ODCP is committed to changing the way substance abuse is handled in Kentucky, reducing the problem and making the commonwealth a m
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Four Cincinnati area counties saw double-digit percentage leaps in overdose deaths in 2020, preliminary records show.
A surge in overdose deaths experienced across the country is a scenario that addiction treatment providers and advocates predicted as efforts to mitigate the opioid epidemic were altered or swept away while the COVID-19 pandemic raged across America.
Northern Kentucky’s Boone, Campbell and Kenton counties as of Tuesday were on track to face a 20% jump in overdose deaths over 2019, Kentucky Injury Prevention Research Center records show. Butler County in Southwest Ohio had a 10.6% rise in suspected or confirmed overdose deaths over last year, coroner s records show.
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NorthStar Online NA group’s first hybrid meeting was held on May 10, 2018.
Terrance D. has been sober for more than 15 years and Narcotics Anonymous has been a big part of his recovery. He uses a pseudonym when speaking publicly about addiction and his work with NA.
Terrance said the bonds the group has formed are very important, and they were forged through regular social gatherings.
“We recover in meetings together, we ve raised our families together, our kids know one another,” he said. “We generally go to eat after meetings, or coffee or other things. We socialize together.”
But last March as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses and public places to close, the regular face-to-face contact that Terrance and his group depended on was gone.