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Both suicides and overdose deaths remain high in Wyoming, according to new statistics provided by the state's Department of Health.
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Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are increasing nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses nationwide. In 2022, Wyoming reported that 93 people died from a drug overdose. Fourty-eight of those involved fentanyl. After months of investigations, requesting data, and coming up dry, WyoFile reporter Madelyn Beck has come out with a four part series on what data the state collects and how that data is lacking. Wyoming Public Radio’s Kamila Kudelska asked what was the question that started it all.
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Fentanyl-related deaths in Wyoming have been on the rise since 2015. There were 106 overdose deaths in 2021 alone. Wyoming Public Radio’s Sage Davis spoke with Melissa Hunter, the drug information director at the University of Wyoming (UW) to understand just how dangerous fentanyl can be.
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Fentanyl is a large contributor to the opioid crisis. Fentanyl-related deaths in Wyoming have been on the rise since 2015, with 106 overdose deaths in 2021.
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Federal lawmakers on Tuesday heard from tribal and border patrol representatives in a hearing on how the opioid crisis is impacting Indigenous communities. Some witnesses advocated for the federal government to fully fund various Indigenous health services and one called for border policies that would stop the flow of drugs into these communities.
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Deadly overdoses from the synthetic opioid fentanyl are a growing problem. The drug is useful for doctors, but now it’s showing up all over. There are ways to test for it, but in some cases, that’s illegal, too. The Mountain West News Bureau’s Madelyn Beck explains.
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Psychedelic mushrooms have been illegal in the U.S. since 1970. They are listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. But University of Wyoming researchers have partnered with a company called CaaMTech to look into the possible medical benefits of the compounds.
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State budget cuts have taken their toll on mental health offerings statewide, and private non-profit community mental health providers have felt the crunch, even as the demand for mental health services increases.
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Sheriff’s deputies in Washoe County, Nev., responded to two fentanyl overdoses in a 12-hour span earlier this month.
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Fatal drug overdoses are skyrocketing, driven by synthetic opioids like fentanyl. And that potentially deadly drug has made it to the Mountain West – the last part of the U.S. to face the brunt of the opioid crisis.