Louisiana overdose deaths: How many people died in 2022
Updated: 9:09 AM CDT Aug 23, 2023
Louisiana overdose deaths: How many people died in 2022
Updated: 9:09 AM CDT Aug 23, 2023
NEW INFORMATION IN STATE OF ADDICTION AND OUR ONGOING LOOK AT THE OPIOID CRISIS IN THIS COUNTRY. NEW DATA FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, WHICH IS OWNED BY OUR PARENT COMPANY, HEARST BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS IN COMMUNITIES THAT YOU LIVE IN. AND IN THIS AREA. THE NUMBERS ARE HIGH, WITH LEADERS VOWING TO TRY AND COMBAT THE ISSUE. OVERDOSE DEATHS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE ALARMINGLY HIGH. AND LAST YEAR, OVER 170,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM OVERDOSE. A NUMBER THAT HAS DOUBLED SINCE 2015. IN LOUISIANA, 2428 PEOPLE DIED IN 2022 DUE TO OVERDOSES, THE LARGEST NUMBER IN THE STATE. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS WITH 449 OVERDOSE DEATHS, FOLLOWED BY JEFFERSON PARISH WITH 290 AND SAINT TAMMANY PARISH WITH 126. THE CORONER’S OFFICE IN JEFFERSON PARISH SAYS FENTANYL PLAYS A LARGE ROLE IN THOSE RISING NUMBERS. IT’S NOT A LOCAL PHENOMENON. IT’S A NATIONAL PHENOMENON. THE FENTANYL IS GETTING MORE AVAILABLE AND IT’S GETTING, YOU KNOW, AS HARD AS THIS IS TO BELIEVE, IT’S GETTING MORE POTENT. DATA COMPILED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, A NEWSPAPER OWNED BY WDSU’S PARENT COMPANY, HEARST BREAKS DOWN THE DEATHS BY RACE IN 2022. 132 BLACK PEOPLE OVERDOSE EAST IN NEW ORLEANS, FOLLOWED BY 118 HISPANIC PEOPLE AND 114 PEOPLE WHO OVERDOSE WERE WHITE. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES BECAUSE IT’S AFFECTING, YOU KNOW, RICH AND POOR, YOU KNOW, ALL SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES, YOU KNOW, ALL RACIAL CLASSES. I MEAN, IT IS AND ALL AGE CLASSES TO THE STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS NUMEROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ARE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM. IT’S A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM. IT TAKES LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO IT’S A CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMPONENT. THERE’S A REHAB COMPONENT AND THERE’S AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. AND WE AND ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE WORKING IN TANDEM. NOW, THE DATA THAT WE JUST SHOWED YOU AND USED IN THIS STORY IS INTERACTIVE. YOU CAN LOOK UP YOUR PARISH OR CITY. IT CAN B
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Louisiana overdose deaths: How many people died in 2022
Updated: 9:09 AM CDT Aug 23, 2023
It is no secret that the United States has a drug overdose epidemic. Since 1999, more than a million people have died in the U.S. from drug overdoses.The San Francisco Chronicle, a Hearst newspaper, has documented the epidemic, as drug overdoses claimed the lives of 107,669 people last year, including thousands in Louisiana. Here is a breakdown of how many people died of overdose deaths in three of the biggest parishes in Southeast, Louisiana: Orleans Parish: 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St. Tammany Parish: 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Jefferson Parish: 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How to get help: PHNjcmlwdCBzcmM9aHR0cHM6Ly9wcm9qZWN0cy5zZmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vc2hhcmVkL2pzL3Jlc3BvbnNpdmUtZnJhbWUuanM+PC9zY3JpcHQ+PGlmcmFtZSBzcmM9aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL3Byb2plY3RzL3VzLWRydWctb3ZlcmRvc2UtZGVhdGhzL3RyZWF0bWVudC1jZW50ZXJzLWVtYmVkLz9maXBzPTIyMDcxIGlzPSJyZXNwb25zaXZlLWlmcmFtZSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIiIGludGVydmFsPSIxIj48L2lmcmFtZT4=Don't see the maps? Tap here.
NEW ORLEANS —
It is no secret that the United States has a drug overdose epidemic.
Since 1999, more than a million people have died in the U.S. from drug overdoses.
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The San Francisco Chronicle, a Hearst newspaper, has documented the epidemic, as drug overdoses claimed the lives of 107,669 people last year, including thousands in Louisiana.
Here is a breakdown of how many people died of overdose deaths in three of the biggest parishes in Southeast, Louisiana: