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Opioid overdoses have been on the rise in Fairfax County since the COVID-19 pandemic began. After declining between 2017 and 2019, overdoses increased in the Fairfax Health District from 285 in 2019 — 83 of them fatal — to at least 366 in 2022, including 63 fatalities, as of Sept. 30, according to the data
Fairfax County has launched a new data dashboard on opioid overdoses (via Fairfax County Health Department) With opioids topping the list of causes of non-natural death in Fairfax County, local health officials have launched a new resource to give residents a better understanding of the situation. A public-facing dashboard went live Monday (Oct. 3) with
According to the Kennebec Journal, the city of Augusta, Maine is looking to create a program that closely mirror's Waterville's Operation HOPE, which stands