There were 28 drug overdose deaths in Yellowstone County in 2022. In 2023 that number soared to 39 suspected fatal overdoses. Physician assistant Ari Greenberg with Community Medical Services in Billings has seen the rise in opioid overdose deaths first-hand.
“From 2018 to 2021, there was a over 60% increase of overdose deaths (in Montana) that was measured between those three years,” said Greenberg.
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