![]() ![]() Gyldenvand said the county is focusing on distributing more Narcan - a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses - in the community. Gyldenvand said Winnebago Public Health is "ramping up" some of its programs to respond to the recent spike. "More and more, fentanyl is being combined into those substances, and people are very unaware of fentanyl’s presence in the drug they are taking," Gyldenvand said.Īlthough drug deaths in Winnebago County were declining year to year, Gyldenvand said the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated stress, mental health and substance use across the community, which might be part of the reason why there has been an increase in overdoses. She cites this as a reason for the uptick in overdose deaths. Gyldenvand said fentanyl is being mixed in with other drugs like cocaine or meth, and people might not know they're taking an opiate. A Wisconsin Department of Health Services report found there was a 47% increase in suspected opioid overdoses in the first few months after the COVID-19 Pandemic. ![]() Researchers found over 100,000 Americans died from overdose deaths in 2020, a 30% increase from the previous year. The trend of increased overdose deaths has been a pattern throughout the country and throughout the state. ![]() RELATED: State report shows a correlation between increase in drug overdoses and the coronavirus pandemic ![]()
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