overdose deaths

Police officers in Laramie have a new lifesaving tool to protect citizens as well as themselves.

Opioids in general are more likely to cause overdose deaths than other drugs such as meth and cocaine, and because fentanyl is so powerful it poses an especially high risk.

The Wyoming Highway Patrol is taking a four-legged approach to ridding the state of fentanyl.

Cheyenne police saw a 133% increase in overdose-related deaths between 2020 and 2021, according to an annual report released Wednesday.

The agency says that in the two days before Friday, two possible drug overdose deaths were reported, and two newborn babies tested positive for drugs in their systems.

Cheyenne police say 40 percent of the drug cases and half of the overdose deaths its Community Action Team investigated in 2019 involved methamphetamine.

Local law enforcement agencies will be collecting unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs on Saturday, Oct. 27.