To mark International Overdose Awareness Day, Santa Clara County held a resource fair and launched a new website aimed at helping prevent overdose deaths.
In Santa Clara County , the number of overdose deaths dropped slightly last year. Officials are taking that as a good sign, but also a sign they should redouble their efforts.Geralyn Vasquez hopes they will. Her son Jacob died after taking a single fentanyl-laced pill that he thought was Xanax."My son was under a yellow sheet in the entryway of our home. And we had no idea what happened," says Geralyn Vasquez.The Vasquez's were not alone.
Cheryl Ho, Santa Clara County's Behavioral Health Medical Director for substance abuse treatment services.But some of it appears to be working. After a decade-long rise in overdose deaths, last year saw the first dip in numbers: from 353 deaths in 2022 to 317 in 2023.A new Santa Clara County website is tracking the data and offering a hub for resources, particularly post-overdose support for survivors.
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