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‘Mass-Casualty Event’: Ohio County Now Tops U.S. in Overdose Deaths Click here for the complete storyDAYTON, Ohio — Officials in Montgomery County, Ohio, blame America's opioid crisis for an ignoble title: the overdose capital of America.
"We're on a pace to have 800 people die this year due to overdose in our county," Sheriff Phil Plummer told NBC News. "Per capita, we're Number 1 in the nation in overdose deaths."
Overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans under 50 — they now claim more lives than car crashes, gun deaths and the AIDS virus did at their peaks.
Learn more at our first Wednesday meeting on November 1st beginning at 6:30pm. The meeting will be held at the
Hilton Garden Inn in Beavercreek.