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Coroner reports increasing prescription‑drug overdoses; quick response team expands outreach
Summary
The coroner summarized first‑quarter caseloads and rising overdoses involving prescription medications, and described the Quick Response Team’s outreach, Narcan distribution and grant funding.
Hardin County’s coroner presented first‑quarter case figures and described expanding overdose‑response work and partnerships during the Fiscal Court meeting on May 13.
The update matters because the coroner reported a rise in fatal overdoses involving prescription medications and briefed the court on the county’s Quick Response Team (QRT), which links overdose survivors and families to treatment and harm‑reduction supports.
The coroner reported January case work that included 106…
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