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Medical examiner outlines overdose fatality review findings: methamphetamine remains leading driver, fentanyl trends shift
Summary
The Office of the Medical Examiner described statewide overdose trends, reported 597 overdose deaths in 2024, said methamphetamine has been the most commonly involved drug since 2017, and detailed the Office's multiagency fatality‑review process and system‑level recommendations.
An official from the Office of the Medical Examiner told lawmakers that Utah's overdose rate has remained largely steady since its peak and that methamphetamine is the most commonly involved drug in fatal overdoses in recent years. "In 2024, there were 597 overdose deaths," Megan Brockmeier, the office's overdose fatality review specialist, told the committee. She said Utah's overdose rate remained flat through the COVID‑19 pandemic years rather than showing the national post‑pandemic declines some states experienced. The office reported…
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