Faith-Based Subcommittee

In an effort to determine the scope of the drug epidemic within Plymouth County, District Attorney Tim Cruz and Sheriff Joe McDonald have created the Faith-Based Subcommittee of the Plymouth County Drug Abuse Task Force.

The Faith-Based Coalition Subcommittee brings several faith-based organizations together to discuss the issues that have arisen out of the opioid epidemic.

Faith-Based Coalition Chairs

Pastor Paul Jehle

New Testament Church, Plymouth

Deacon James Greer

Saint Katerina Tekakwitha Parish, Plymouth

Bloom- A Place for Girls

Bloom is a short-term, 3-5 month long residential program for girls, ages 12-17 struggling with drugs, alcohol, rescued out of sex-trafficking, rebellious, self-harming and troubled.

To find out more about this new program for teen girls contact:

Teen Challenge New EnglandBloom- A Place for GirlsP.O Box 603Buzzards Bay, MA 02532

774-300-8070 x 1000

www.tcnebloom.org

Tori Ferrari, DBS/BC-Directortferrari@tcnebloom.org

If you suspect
something,
do something.

The number of opioid related overdose deaths in Plymouth County have decreased from last year.

2014 - 110 deaths
2015 - 174 deaths
2016 - 190 deaths
2017- 202 deaths
2018- 151 deaths
2019- 176 deaths
2020- 185 deaths
2021- 167 deaths
2022- *125 deaths/DPH data- 190 deaths

Opioids include heroin, opioid-based prescription painkillers and other unspecified opioids. This data was taken from the Mass State Police, the Plymouth County Drug Abuse Task Force Database, PCO and the Department of Public Health (DPH). This data is preliminary and subject to change, as a large number of death certificates have yet to be assigned a final cause of death code.

*2022 Data was taken from the PCDATF Database, consistent with data collected by PCO and MSP. DPH numbers are inflated showing an additional 65 fatal overdoses. This number reflects the number of fatal overdoses that occurred outside of Plymouth County that were transported to a hospital within Plymouth County.