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Overdose Deaths Up 200 Percent in Attleboro

Overdose Deaths Up 200 Percent in Attleboro

Thirty-nine people died of drug overdoses — most from opioids — in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 2017, which is a 200 percent increase from 2016, according to Attleboro police. About 72 percent of the victims were men and almost all were white, while the largest group were between the ages of 25 and 34, according to The Sun Chronicle, of Attleboro.

Thirty-nine people died of drug overdoses — most from opioids — in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 2017, which is a 200 percent increase from 2016, according to Attleboro police. About 72 percent of the victims were men and almost all were white, while the largest group were between the ages of 25 and 34, according to The Sun Chronicle, of Attleboro.…