There's some promising news in the fight against the opioid epidemic. Across the country, including in San Diego County, overdose deaths are down.
There's a sense of hope on the horizon for people on the frontlines of San Diego County's opioid epidemic now that the numbers appear to be dropping. Some of that credit is given to getting Narcan in the hands of more people.. These machines are just one of many ways the county and its partners have been working to get the opioid overdose reversal medicine into as many people's hands as possible.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, deaths from opioid overdoses fell a little more than 10% from April of 2023 to 2024. Tara Stamos-Buseig is effusive in her praise of Narcan’s role. It's why the Harm Reduction Coalition CEO has also been instrumental in getting more than a dozen Narcan vending machines installed across the county.“People are also changing the way they use drugs,” Stamos-Buseig said.
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