Opioid deaths down as Massachusetts still struggles with fentanyl abuse

Deaths from opioid-related overdoses in Massachusetts have declined precipitously in the first half of 2019, but the state is still struggling with the proliferation of fentanyl.   Opioid-related overdose deaths fell 11 percent in the first half of 2019 compared to the year prior, according to data released Wednesday by the Department of Public Health. There were 938 confirmed and estimated opioid overdose deaths, compared to 1,050 deaths the year prior. Yet toxicology sc reens indicate that fentanyl…
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