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ADDICTION Opioid deaths jump statewide State health officials say the confirmed deaths have more than doubled since 2012. A3

Standard Times, The (New Bedford, MA) - 5/4/2016

the numbers

State health officials said there were 668 confirmed opioid-related deaths statewide in 2012, a number that steadily climbed to 911 deaths in 2013, 1,282 deaths in 2014 and 1,379 deaths in 2015.