Utah has gone from having one of the country's highest rates of opioid overdose deaths to one of the lowest, bucking the national upward trend that came to a head in 2022, likely the deadliest year for overdoses in the U.S. ever.
In 2012, the Beehive State had 16.1 deaths from opioid overdoses per 100,000 people, tied with New Mexico for second highest rate in the country, according to data analyzed by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Only West Virginia was higher, at 27.1.
The trend is similar for all overdoses. In 2012 Utah ranked fourth nationally, at 23.1 per 100,000 people — in 2021, the number fell to 21.1, 42nd overall. "Folks are willing to talk about problems they're having, or substance-related issue they might be having; more doctors are willing to prescribe or treat folks who need medical assisted treatment ... and the proverbial powers that be have really woken up," she said, describing conversations with lawmakers where they disclosed their own family's struggle with opioid addiction.
Ashland Davis, With Volunteers of America, practices a naloxone injection during Utah Naloxone training for opioid overdose in Salt Lake City on May 23.
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