The State’s new fentanyl task force met for the first time on Thursday as law enforcement, lawmakers, community members, and medical professionals aim to battle this deadly drug’s influence in communities throughout Utah. Northeastern Utah has skin in the game as the statistics continue to show this area has been hit especially hard. The Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that Daggett, Uintah, and Duchesne County have the highest fentanyl overdose death rate, especially among people ages 25 to 44.
Speaking on the creation of the taskforce, Utah’s Commissioner of Public Safety Jess Anderson stated, “I think we can all agree that this state that we love, the communities in which we live, will be much better off as we educate and eradicate the effects of fentanyl and while we keep Utah safe.”
