Massachusetts recorded a significant drop in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023, forging a potential turning point after the state's fatality count hit a…
The fatality rate decrease represents the"largest single year decline in opioid-related overdose deaths we've seen in 20 years," Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein saidMassachusetts recorded a significant drop in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023, forging a potential turning point after the state's fatality count hit a record high the previous year.
Health officials said 48% of all opioid-related overdose deaths in 2023 occurred among individuals ages 25 to 44 years old, and 43% of deaths were among those ages 45 to 64. Men accounted for 72% of deaths. DPH said it has also distributed more than 504,000 free fentanyl test strip kits to providers and community organizations.
"We highlighted in the report some very specific concerns we have about opening an OPC right now, and that was absent legal liability protections for providers, for those who use the services, and for those who maybe are operating around the services, things like landlords and other people who are in this space," Goldstein said.
Goldstein said DPH's efforts to address the maternal health crisis, including increasing the use of birth centers and growing the doula workforce, is connected to substance abuse work.
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