A new report shows a troubling trend in New York's opioid crisis -- more people are dying from overdoses. TimMcNicholas reports it's a problem that's leaving parents grieving and doctors pushing for change.
Rich Pagano describes his son Nic as a young man full of joy -- a singer, dancer and actor and someone Pagano misses every day. He died in July of 2021 after he bought drugs on the street laced with fentanyl.
"I would not wish the death of one's child onto anybody. It's indescribable, what we have gone through in the last year," Pagano said. Nic overdosed in Connecticut, where he'd moved for addiction treatment, but he grew up in New York, where new numbers show addiction problems are getting worse. A new report from the New York State Department of Health shows opioid overdose deaths jumped 14% from 2020 to 2021, the latest numbers available. The report also shows a 13% increase in emergency room visits due to opioid overdoses."This is fentanyl that's in the opioid supply," said Dr. Arthur Robin Williams, a clinical psychiatrist who works with Columbia University and Ophelia Health.
"While the numbers are scary, they're not just that. The numbers represent our mothers, our fathers, our brothers, our sisters, our community," Release Recovery CEO Zac Clark said.The goal is to help prevent another broken heart.
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