‘More than one per day’: Multnomah County report shows spike in fentanyl overdose deaths

By Conrad Wilson (OPB)
May 15, 2024 1 p.m.

In 2018 and 2019, an average of two people per month in Multnomah County died from a fentanyl overdose, a new county health report states. By last year, the average number rose to nearly 36 deaths per month.