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Oneida County Overdose Response Team Issues Overdose Spike Alert

Aims to Reduce Overdose Deaths at Least 10% by End of Year

The Oneida County Opioid Task Force has issued a “Call to Action” with the goal of reducing overdose deaths in the county by at least 10% by the end of 2022.

The “Call to Action” was delivered by Opioid Task Force Chairs County Executive Anthony J. Picente Jr., Sheriff Robert M. Maciol and District Attorney Scott D. McNamara at the group’s meeting late last month.

The Oneida County Overdose Response Team (ORT) is again raising awareness of fentanyl-contaminated stimulants in the local drug supply in response to a recent U.S.