Courtesy-Bartholomew County Sheriff's Office
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) “One Pill Can Kill” campaign visited Columbus this week for the purpose of bringing awareness to the problem of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills.
According to the DEA, in 2022. six out of 10 fentanyl-laced prescription pills contained a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This epidemic continues to affect Bartholomew County and the nation as a whole with opioids being involved in over 68,000 deaths in 2020 nationally.
Last year, a record for overdose deaths in Bartholomew County was set at 39, however so far this year there’s been a dramatic decrease. Local law enforcement attributes the drop to educational campaigns such as this and the work of the Joint Narcotics Enforcement Team.
The “One Pill Can Kill” website has further information at https://www.dea.gov/onepill.
