BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A treatment center on wheels could soon be rolling through East Baton Rouge Parish as part of a new effort to reduce overdose deaths.
The parish coroner’s office says overdose deaths fell from 289 in 2023 to roughly 70 so far this year. Dr. Leah Cullins, chief health officer for the city-parish, said that number is still too high.
“We all know someone who’s been affected by this either personally or hearsay, but we all know someone,” Cullins said.
A new tool for treatment
Cullins is teaming up with the Louisiana Department of Health on a new tool called the Mobile Dosing Unit. She said it will offer opioid services at free or reduced cost for those who need it most…