IN 20-23…..THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED FROM OVERDOSES IN KENTUCKY FELL BY NEARLY 10-PERCENT…..MARKING THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
THE COMMONWEALTH HAS SEEN A DECLINE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS…..
ACCORDING TO THE 20-23 “KENTUCKY DRUG OVEROSE FATALITY REPORT”…..DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS DECREASED NINE-POINT-EIGHT PERENT LAST
YEAR…..WITH JUST UNDER TWO-THOUSAND KENTUCKIANS LOOSING THEIR LIVES TO A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 20-23……WITH FENTANYL ACCOUNTING FOR 79-
POINT-ONE PERCENT OF OVERDOSE DEATHS…..AND METHAMPHETAMINE ACCOUNTING FOR 55-POINT-TWO PERCENT OF OVERDOSE DEATHS……
IN 20-22……KENTUCKY’S DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS DECLINED BY FIVE PERCENT COMPARED WITH 20-21…..MARKING THE FIRST DECLINE SINCE 20-18…..AS THE
COMMONWEALTH WAS ONE OF ONLY EIGHT STATES TO SEE DECREASE IN OVERDOSE DEATHS…..WHILE THE NATION SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE…….
