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Hardin County coroner reports rise in prescription-drug overdoses; Quick Response team expands outreach and seeks grants
Summary
The county coroner reported 312 cases across January–March 2025, including multiple overdoses and suicides; the county's Quick Response team has made referrals, distributed Narcan and applied for opioid-related grants to expand outreach.
The Hardin County Coroner's Office reported its first-quarter caseload and detailed a growing pattern of fatal overdoses involving prescription medications during the county fiscal court meeting on May 13.
The coroner reported 106 cases in January (three accidental deaths, two of them overdoses), 90 cases in February (three accidents, one a flood-related drowning) and 116 cases in March (eight accidents, seven of which were drug overdoses). "The overdoses we're seeing here aren't our usual methamphetamines, designer opioids; they are…
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