Startling increase in deaths of Orange County homeless people

More homeless people in Orange County are dying each year, and accidental drug overdoses involving fentanyl are a leading reason why, according to a new county report.

The numbers in L.A. County mirror figures recorded in San Francisco over a similar period.

A study by the L.A. County Department of Public Health last year found deaths of homeless people in that county soared by 56% in the year after the start of the pandemic, driven primarily by an increase in overdoses.

Salvador Hernandez

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-01/startling-increase-found-in-deaths-of-orange-county-homeless-people-drugs-are-the-main-cause