Preventing fentanyl overdose deaths in Minnesota

Each year, drug overdoses kill more Americans than car crashes, homicides or guns. Drug overdose deaths reached a record high in 2021, according to the CDC. And synthetic opioids like fentanyl were involved in about two-thirds of those deaths.
At 9 a.m. Thursday, MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talked about fentanyl in Minnesota and the work being done to prevent overdose deaths.
Guests:
Pearl Evans is an overdose prevention coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Health.
Peter Hayden is the founder of Turning Point, a north Minneapolis agency that provides culturally specific substance use disorder treatment.
Dr. Joseph Lee is the President and CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
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