MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ohio (WKEF) — Overdose deaths decreased in Montgomery County in 2025. The county’s Community Overdose Action Team, which is part of Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County, said the success is great, but there is still work to do.
It is the fourth year in a row that Montgomery County has seen fewer people die from overdoses.
Dawn Schwartz, the project manager with the Community Overdose Action Team or C.O.A.T., said that is partially because organizations are tackling the stigma surrounding substance abuse…