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Clatsop County reports rising methamphetamine and fentanyl fatalities; new rapid toxicology testing deployed
Summary
County public health and the medical examiner described a regional overdose surveillance plan covering Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties, increasing polysubstance fatalities (notably methamphetamine and fentanyl), and a recently acquired rapid toxicology machine that shortens result times from months to about a week.
Elizabeth DeVisser, the chief medical-legal death investigator at the Clatsop County Sheriff—s Office, and Lisa Schuyler, Clatsop County Public Health—s health-promotion supervisor and overdose-prevention coordinator, presented a regional overdose surveillance and response plan and new medical- examiner testing results at a county work session.
They said the plan, finalized June 30, covers Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia counties with Clatsop County serving as the regional lead. The plan sets three surveillance levels (green, yellow, red) tied to emergency-department data, county toxicology results and community reports; county tracking since July has mostly shown a sustained "yellow" level.
DeVisser said the county purchased a tabletop toxicology instrument…
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