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BRIGHT SPOT: HAWAIʻI COUNTY FENTANYL TASK FORCE

BRIGHT SPOT: HAWAIʻI COUNTY FENTANYL TASK FORCE

Behavioral health and substance abuse have emerged as issues of acute concern in our West Hawaiʻi community. Last month, a coalition of Hawaiʻi Island organizations, government entities, healthcare providers, and community members held a virtual opioid summit called “Don’t Die HI.” The event was a response to a dangerous rise in fentanyl throughout the United States and the state of Hawaiʻi— particularly West Hawaiʻi.

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