Duluth Police Report Highest Number of Opioid Overdoses in 2020 The Duluth Police Department reported some sobering statistics related to opioid-related overdoses for 2020. Duluth Police say that since they began tracking opioid-related overdoses in 2013, 2020 had the highest number of opioid-related overdoses with 213 total. They also report that, pending toxicology reports, 20 people have died in Duluth city limits due to opioids last year. If we look back, 2019 had 174 overdoses and 106 in 2018, so comparing 2018 to 2020 the numbers have doubled. The Duluth Police have had some successes to report with the use of Naloxone, a medication used to block the effects of opioids, they say that they have saved 64 people using the drug in 2020, and since 2016 the use of the Naloxone have saved 188 people.