PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, according to an annual county report released Friday that officials described as showing the peak of the fentanyl crisis in the area. Read more...

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Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland. An annual report released by the county on Friday says 456 homeless people died in 2023. That’s the highest number on record in the county and a 45% jump compared to 2022. Last year’s deaths included 282 from unintentional drug overdose, with fentanyl contributing to 89% of those deaths. The county h…

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At least 456 people experiencing homelessness died in 2023, according to an annual report from the Multnomah County Health Department published Friday.That’s an increase of more than 100 deaths from the previous year. In 2022, the county’s records included 315 deaths among people who were homeless.It’s also the highest number of deaths in any year since the county began its analysis in 2011. The county health department is attributing the surge …

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Fentanyl fueled a record number of homeless deaths last year in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland, according to an annual county report released Friday that officials described as showing the peak of the fentanyl crisis in the area. The report found that 456 homeless people died in the county in 2023 […] The post Fentanyl fuels record homeless deaths in Oregon’s Multnomah County, home to Portland appeared first on Poli…

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