“My office is committed to prosecuting those who sell or deliver fentanyl in Montgomery and Robertson Counties,” District Attorney General Robert Nash said. Deaths involving opioids identified as pain relievers (i.e., those typically obtained through a prescription) have increased slightly after several years of decline, while deaths involving heroin have decreased significantly after several years of increase prior. The increase in opioid overdose deaths is primarily driven by deaths involving illicit fentanyl. Opioids have consistently played a role in drug overdose deaths in Tennessee and were involved in 80% of overdose deaths in 2021. By that math, almost every 4 days, someone dies as a result of overdosing on fentanyl. In 2021, there were 95 fatal fentanyl overdoses in Montgomery County. In total, 3,814 people died in 2021 from drug use, with the fentanyl catalyst surging the numbers forward. Analysis by the Office of Informatics and Analytics, TDH (last updated October 27, 2022).
This represents an increase of nearly 30% from the 77,000 who died in the previous 12 months.
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“Over the past five years, drug overdose deaths in Tennessee increased consistently, however, the increase from 2019 to 2020 is the largest observed during this period.” Toxic number of deaths from fentanylĪccording to an article written by Senate RPC, in the first full year of the pandemic in the United States, through April 2021, the CDC says that more than 99,000 people died from drug overdoses. “In 2021, a total of 3,814 Tennesseans died of a drug overdose, representing a 26% increase from 2020,” according to the data obtained from the Tennessee Department of Health.
(Tennessee Department of Health contributed) Limited to TN residents.ĭata Source: TN Death Statistical File. Data obtained from the Tennessee Department of Health, 2021 Tennessee Drug Overdose Deaths reflect a massive increase. Since 2017, the number of fatal overdoses has begun to skyrocket. CLARKSVILLE, TN ( CLARKSVILLE NOW) – There has been a major spike in Fentanyl overdose deaths in recent years, and the numbers are shocking.
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