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Spokane County briefing: drug-involved fatalities plateauing but remain high, presenter says
Summary
A county public-health presenter summarized provisional data showing 344 drug-involved fatalities as of Feb. 3 and 329 accidental overdose deaths in 2025 versus 333 in 2024; 73% of accidental deaths involved mixed drugs, most often fentanyl and methamphetamine, and most fatalities occurred in private residences.
At a Feb. 24 Spokane County commissioners briefing, the county’s public-health presenter (identified in the meeting as "Doctor Zing") gave a provisional review of local drug-involved fatalities and overdose trends.
The presenter said that as of Feb. 3 the county had recorded 344 total drug-involved deaths; most were accidental overdoses. He focused on accidental deaths for trend analysis and reported 329 accidental overdose deaths in 2025 compared with 333 in 2024, describing the…
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