According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, there have been nearly 1,000 accidental overdose deaths related to opioids reported annually in recent years. (Photo by www.testen.no on Unsplash) Aug. 31 was National Overdose Awareness Day, but for countless people in Oklahoma – certainly for those who have experienced overdose or witnessed it firsthand or who have been called upon to intervene to try to save the life of an overdose victim – there was no need to heighten awareness. Consider the staggering facts: • Opioid overdoses continue to rise in Oklahoma, with most fatal overdoses resulting from fentanyl.

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