According to data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) WA state has now had the fastest-grown fatal overdose rate in the US for the last 3 months (2023).
Fatal overdoses exploding in WA state
According to information released by State Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley) by way of the CDC, WA state also has the highest number of increased overall overdose deaths from drugs and narcotics
A man Prosser Police and EMS were trying to help Monday turned violent.
Man was passed out in park, not breathing
Prosser Police did not say what time they were dispatched to Crawford Park along the Yakima River, but said the caller said there was a man who had overdosed on drugs and was not breathing.
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The Grant County Sheriff's Office, along with the Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET), Homeland Security and the Moses Lake PD conducted numerous patrols and investigations at the Gorge at George last weekend.
During Dead and Co. Show 13 ...