During a 90-day Portland-area fentanyl emergency declared by elected officials, overdose deaths increased and haven’t declined since, data shows.
So what did the emergency order accomplish?
Multnomah County Health Officer Richard Bruno stands next to boxes of naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses, at emergency weather shelter. It's one of a few ways officials have tried to curtail fatal fentanyl overdoses. Courtesy of Multnomah County
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