Driven largely by the spread of illicit fentanyl into the drug supply, overdose deaths surged in Tennessee beginning in 2020, rising from 2,089 deaths in 2019 to more than 3,800 in 2021 and 2022. In 2023, Tennessee recorded more than 3,600 overdose deaths, with fentanyl involved in more than 75% of them. Since then, theContinueContinue reading “Raising Awareness of the Dangers of Drug Overdoses Is the Focus of A.C.T.I.O.N. Coalition Event at Ralph Stout Park on Friday, August 21”
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