945 Purple Flags Honor 2024 Overdose Victims as San Diego Marks 21% Decrease in Fatalities

Yesterday CCR, DEA and several community groups hosted the International Overdose Awareness Day flag event in San Diego. Overdose deaths in San Diego County dropped 21 percent in 2024, marking the second year in a row of declining numbers. The fall in the number of fatalities is hopeful news, but overdose deaths remain high, more than double the number in 2015. 

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