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   From: tim-walz-wears-dresses@minnesota.guv   
      
   Minnesota saw record overdose deaths last year, with officials pointing to the   
   synthetic opioid fentanyl as a primary factor.   
      
   According to the Minnesota Department of Health, overdose deaths reached 1,286   
   in 2021, a 22% increase from the previous year. Of those deaths, 924 involved   
   opioids, an increase of 35%.   
      
   Fentanyl was responsible for 834 of the opioid deaths.   
      
   For the first time since 2014, the seven-county metro area saw a smaller   
   increase in overdose deaths than the rest of the state, with deaths rising by   
   23% in Greater Minnesota and 20% in the metro.   
      
   “This increase in drug overdose deaths is alarming, but there are things we   
   can do about it,” Minnesota Commissioner of Health Jan Malcolm said in a   
   statement.   
      
   “One important step is to expand programs that make it easier for people to   
   access naloxone – a medication that can reverse overdoses and save lives.”   
      
   Of the overdose deaths involving opioids, fentanyl was involved in around 90%.   
   Non-opioids drugs that contributed to the most overdoses last year include   
   methamphetamine and cocaine, according to MDH.   
      
   Psychostimulants such as methamphetamine was involved in 454 deaths (up 34%   
   from 2020), while cocaine was involved in 154 deaths (up 81% from 2020).   
      
   MDH pointed to resources available to prevent overdose deaths, including using   
   fentanyl test strips and Naloxone.   
      
   https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/minnesota-saw-record-o   
   erdose-deaths-last-year-with-fentanyl-as-a-primary-factor   
      
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