Fentanyl overdose-related deaths rose 3,150% in 4 years.
Members of a Santa Cruz County mobile health clinic conduct street outreach on Coral Street in Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ — As countywide efforts to increase the availability of overdose remedies ramp up, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Coroner’s Unit has been weighed down by a growing backlog of deaths, many related to drug overdoses.
Amid the growth of opioid overdose-related deaths is a “disquieting” leap in those involving fentanyl, in particular, according to the Sheriff’s Office report. Santa Cruz County experienced 53 fentanyl overdose-related deaths this year through June, a steep upward climb from just two deaths in 2018 and 65 for all of 2022.
Nowhere are the signs of drug use more visible and concentrated than in areas of street homeless encampments spread across the county. The region is on track to end 2023 with a homeless mortality increase estimated to be 40% higher than 2022, according to David Davis, an administrative analyst for the Santa Cruz County Homeless Persons Health Project. As of Aug. 31, Davis had gathered information on 89 deaths, 11 from confirmed fatal overdoses.
Toting a pull-cart down Coral Street stacked with supplies last week, the street team had conversations with nearly two dozen people in less than an hour. For many, the team was able to offer brown grocery bag “mobile care packages” with everything from granola bars and water to wound care kits, along with recommendations on how to access more services.
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