Not
Right Here In Clinton County?
When
I reread Judge Rudduk's “need a drug court” column in the News
Journal I was skeptical of the claim, “that since 2012, nearly
forty individuals
have lost their lives in Clinton County as a result of a drug
overdose”. I was also surprised that, if true, this was not a major
news
worthy item. I checked with the county health department and
confirmed the judge's information.
The
information was even more surprising than I had realized. In the ten
year period through 2013 94 overdose deaths were recorded. The
number of deaths in 2012, (17) and 2013, (14),surpassed the previous
highest year, 2004, with 13 fatalities.
Paul
Hunter
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