Accidental drug ODs drop in Trumbull

WARREN

The final number of 2018 Trumbull County accidental drug overdose deaths is 76, a 44 percent drop from the record 135 from 2017, the Trumbull County Coroner’s Office said.

Officials have said they believe the number has dropped because of greater awareness of the problem and greater access to the opiate-reversal drug naloxone.

Kathy Meszaros, chief investigator for the coroner’s office, said overdose deaths so far this year appear to be a little higher than 2018. Ten so far are confirmed for this year, and about 10 more are suspected.

Fentanyl is still the No. 1 drug being found in the bodies of those who have died, but cocaine is the most common secondary drug, she said.

The worst month for overdose deaths was December with 10. The fewest was March with 1.