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Per the Massachusetts Department of Public Health the number of unintentional opioid-related deaths in Plymouth County continues to rise.

2014 - 112 deaths
2015 - 178 deaths
2016 - 194 deaths
2017- 147 deaths *

Opioids include heroin, opioid-based prescription painkillers and other unspecified opioids. Data for 2014-2016 are preliminary and subject to updates, as a large number of death certificates have yet to be assigned a final cause of death code.

* Data taken from the Plymouth County Drug Abuse Task Force Database.

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