Ohio has had a nearly 10% decrease in accidental overdose deaths, but a victim’s closest friend says much more needs to be done to save lives.
It has been a year since, and not a day goes by that Brevin Bryant doesn’t think about his best friend, Caley Koppler.
“If there was one thing I could say to her — it’s ‘I miss you,'” Bryant said.
She is one of the nearly 3,500 fentanyl-related deaths Ohio saw in 2023, with the drug making up 78% of the year’s overdoses.
Deputies with the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to News 5 that they are still investigating Koppler’s death.
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“What is being done about this?” Bryant asked me.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine tried to answer that question Wednesday. He announced that the state is making progress in combating unintentional drug overdoses.
There was a 9% decrease in deaths in 2023 compared to 2022, according to a new state report .