LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – In 2021, 2,250 Kentuckians died from a drug overdose, that’s a 14.5% increase from 2020.
Fentanyl was found in more than 72% of those deaths, according to a report by the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy.
White House Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Dr. Rahul Gupta is a physician from West Virginia, the state that had the highest rate of overdose deaths in the country.
In 2020, Kentucky had the second highest rate for overdose deaths.