One major concern is that fentanyl has been involved in an even larger proportion of overdose deaths this year, representing 83% of King County’s confirmed drug overdose deaths compared to 71% last year.
Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz speaks at a roundtable discussion with local leaders held by U. S. Senator Maria Cantwell regarding the fentanyl crisis in Washington state on July 24, 2023, at the Seattle Fire Department station.
“I’m sure there’s a million stories like mine,” said the man’s mother, Andréa, who asked that she and her sons be identified by their middle names to protect their privacy. “He never really could be out in the world and not fall back into it. He definitely didn’t want to die.” Nonfatal overdoses are increasing, too. Jon Ehrenfeld, manager of the Seattle Fire Department’s mobile health team, told the City Council last month that fire officials are responding to 110 overdoses a week, which amounts to 15 overdoses a day in the city alone. As recently as 2020, Seattle fire officials responded to only about three overdoses per day, The Seattle Times previously reported.
While the combination of fentanyl and meth was seen in 36% of 2022 overdose deaths, the combination of fentanyl and cocaine was far less common — until last summer. Between July 2022 and this June, approximately 20% of all overdose deaths were attributed to a combination of fentanyl and cocaine, which, like meth, is a stimulant.
The overall number of overdose deaths among people experiencing homelessness more than doubled over the course of 2022, a trend that continued apace in the first six months of this year, according to Bogan.
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