St. Cloud on Pace for Record Year in Overdose Deaths

St. Cloud on pace for record year in overdose deaths

ST. CLOUD — St. Cloud is on track for the highest number of drug overdose deaths since at least 2018, and quite possibly ever. As of Dec. 15, the St. Cloud Police Department reported 21 overdose deaths, the same number as 2023, with more than two weeks remaining in the year. St. Cloud Police Chief Jeffrey Oxton remembers the early 2000s when, as an investigator, he responded to just a couple of fatal drug overdoses a year. “It’s a nationwide pro…

On pace for record overdose deaths, St. Cloud turns to opioid settlement money for solutions

ST. CLOUD — St. Cloud Police Chief Jeffrey Oxton remembers the early 2000s, when, as an investigator, he responded to just a couple of fatal drug overdoses a year. This year, the city of St. Cloud is on track for the highest number of drug overdose deaths since at least 2018 and quite possibly ever. As of Dec. 15, the department reported 21 overdose deaths, the same number as 2023. And, with more than two weeks remaining before 2026, the odds ar…