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County receives opioid needs assessment; consultants recommend 12 priority areas and commissioner workshop
Summary
Consultants from Corona Insights presented a county opioid assessment showing overdose deaths rose sharply after 2020, fentanyl is the main driver, prescribing rates exceed national averages, and the county lacks capacity across prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery; consultants will help the commission prioritize next steps.
Sweetwater County commissioners on March 17 received a comprehensive opioid needs assessment from Corona Insights that charts a local increase in overdose deaths and identifies gaps across the full continuum of care.
Beth Mulligan and Annie Theodoropoulos, the lead consultants, told the board that while the county’s population remained flat to slightly declining in recent years, overdose deaths rose steeply between 2020 and 2024—averaging roughly 15 deaths annually versus fewer than three per year in the early 2000s. The…
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