Overdose deaths in East Baton Rouge outpacing record set in 2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – East Baton Rouge Parish is outpacing a record set in 2020 for overdose deaths. Already in 2021, the EBR Coroner’s Office is reporting 131 deaths from overdose. That number is on pace to match or exceed the 241 that died last year. “Many of these calls are young healthy people […]