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AUDIO: Meth Overdoses Soar in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Watch

The methamphetamine scourge is spreading again in Oklahoma, with fatal overdoses from the drug spiking last year, according to new numbers from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Meth was a factor in 265 deaths in 2015, or nearly a third of all fatal overdoses. The total represented a 157 percent increase since 2010, when 103 deaths were attributed solely or partly to meth.

The number of fatalities keeps climbing despite a dramatic decline in the number of Oklahoma meth lab busts and tighter controls over the sale of decongestants used in manufacturing meth. Law enforcement officials blame the surge in deaths to imports of Mexican “ice,” or methamphetamine.

For the complete audio report on the methamphetamine problem in Oklahoma and those impacted, go to Oklahoma Watch Report.