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Riverside County says fentanyl deaths fell in 2024 after multiagency response; board accepts report
Summary
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors accepted a report from its Fentanyl Ad Hoc Committee that officials said shows a reversal in rising fentanyl and overall overdose deaths, while outlining prevention, treatment and law enforcement steps the county has taken.
Riverside County supervisors on Tuesday accepted a yearlong report from the county's Fentanyl Ad Hoc Committee and were told local overdose deaths from fentanyl declined in 2024.
The committee's leader told the board the county recorded 328 fentanyl deaths in 2024 and 617 total overdose deaths for the year, figures described as the lowest counts since 2020 and 2019 respectively. "The work, to put it simply is working," the committee leader said, urging continued multidisciplinary efforts.
Why it matters: County officials said the decline follows an effort to coordinate law enforcement, behavioral health, emergency response, public education and…
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