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THE KNOX COUNTY FORENSIC CENTER
- NOW RELEASING ITS 20-19 DRUG-
RELATED DEATH REPORT. AND THERE
IS SOME GOOD NEWS.
LAST YEAR - THE NUMBER OF DRUG-
RELATED DEATHS IN KNOX COUNTY -
DECREASING BY NEARLY 10
PERCENT.
AND IN ANDERSON COUNTY - DRUG
OVERDOSES DROPPING BY MORE
THAN 11 PERCENT.
SADLY - AS WE TOLD YOU EARLIER
THIS WEEK - THE PANDEMIC HAS LED
TO A SLIGHT INCREASE IN 2020 -
219 SUSPECTED OVERDOSE DEATHS
REPORTED IN KNOX COUNTY SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE DEATH REPORT -
THE MOST COMMON DRUG LEADING TO
AN OVERDOSE DEATH - IS
FENTANYL - ALTHOUGH MOST
OVERDOSES ARE DUE TO MULTIPLE
DRUGS IN A PERSON'S SYSTEM.
WE'RE TOLD THE FIVE MOST COMMON
SUBSTANCES IDENTIFIED IN
DRUG-RELATED DEATHS ARE
SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS LIKE FENTANYL
-
METH - ALCOHOL - HEROIN AND
COCAINE.
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CONTINUING TO FOLLOW BREAKING
NEWS TONIGHT -
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