- Average age of a person who overdosed in the Lehigh Valley was 38 years old
- In 2016, Lehigh Valley police received 466 overdose calls
- In 2016, 169 people died from overdosing in the Lehigh Valley
- The number of hospital stays for heroin overdoses increased 66% from 2014-2016 in Pennsylvania
- 13 people die every day from drug overdoses in Pennsylvania
Scary stuff!!
Sources: http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-lehigh-valley-heroin-overdose-deaths-continue-to-rise-20170429-story.html
http://www.mcall.com/business/healthcare/mc-biz-health-overdose-hospital-costs-20170626-story.html
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/dea_discloses_disturbing_numbe.html