Fentanyl deaths are down, but it's complicated

Update: 2024-10-03

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Fentanyl overdose deaths are down in King County but that’s not necessarily good news. UW addiction and research professor epidemiologist Caleb Banta-Green is here to give us some perspective.

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Fentanyl deaths are down, but it's complicated