A community needs assessment showed reported drug overdoses and deaths from drug overdoses have steadily risen in Dallas County over the past few years, with...
‘When she died, our future died’: Fentanyl has risen to dominate the number of drug overdose deaths in recent years.Amy Brewer, and Mark Garbade, parents of Marissa Ladatto, pose for a portrait holding their daughter’s photo at their house on, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Duncanville. Marissa at the age of 21 died to a fentanyl overdose in 2022.as a result of an overdose.
that just two years ago, about 90% of the opioid overdose or addiction cases at Parkland were from heroin. Now, they’re 90% fentanyl. Brewer said she believes Ladatto knew she was getting fentanyl, but believed the pill she took was a mix of fentanyl and Percocet. Ladatto had gotten the pill from a good friend of hers, who is now facing charges of delivery of a controlled substance and evidence tampering in relation to Ladatto’s death.
“More treatment resources, more inpatient facilities that serve some of these populations that don’t have access to that,” Huang said. “Some of the policies that we don’t have, things like fentanyl test strips and things that are sort of state-level policies. Syringe exchange programs have some controversy, but again, can have public documented public health benefits.”
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