St. Louis saw hundreds of overdose deaths during the pandemic
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 27, 2022
The number of reported drug-related deaths in the St. Louis region has held steady over the past year, but public health experts say that’s not a cause for celebration.
In the first three quarters of 2021, there were 780 overdose deaths in the region, about the same as during the same period in 2020, according to the Missouri Institute of Mental Health at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The St. Louis area was the only part of the state where overdose deaths didn’t increase.
However, almost half of Missouri overdose deaths . . .
