In Indianapolis last year, fatal overdoses became the leading cause of death in cases examined by the coroner's office, according to new data.
in shootings and other methods to become the leading cause of death in cases examined by the coroner's office, according to new data.Marion County Coroner's Office
While the coroner's office does not examine every death in the county, meaning some"natural" deaths are not included in the report, officials say the skyrocketing number of overdoses illustrates the worsening drug crisis in the county. Fentanyl’s mixing in illicit street drugs last year prompted the Drug Enforcement Administration to embark on itscampaign, referring to the mass production of counterfeit pills cut with fentanyl.
“I’ve been at the coroner’s office for 25 years ... we didn't see a lot of deaths due to a lot of cocaine,” McGinty said. “So when people think that they're going to go back and use cocaine and crack, it's really fentanyl."To addiction and recovery experts, the numbers align with what they’ve noticed in the field. Substance abuse rose during the Coronavirus pandemic and Marion County could be feeling the lingering effects the shutdowns had in the recovery community, they said.
Brandon George, of the Indiana Addiction Issues Coalition, added the money should be used in areas where funding sources don’t already exist or are sorely lacking, such as recovery houses, and avoid a repeat of. In that settlement, Indiana was spending $7.5 million on tobacco control despite raking in $550 million from cigarette manufacturers.
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