Hennepin Co. Reports 40 Opioid Overdoses In Last Week, 6 Fatal

By Allen Henry, CBS Minnesota

November 4, 2022

A rare alert was issued tonight after a stunning surge in overdoses. Hennepin County says 40 people overdosed in just the last week. Six of them died.

That's why Howard Dotson with the Twin Cities Crisis Response team held a Narcan training Thursday night, their third in as many weeks.

Dotson says it's a critical tool in the fight against drugs laced with the deadly opioid fentanyl.

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