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Overdose deaths in Thurston County may be leveling off—or even falling—thanks to harm reduction and expanded treatment access, despite a deadly 2022 peak. Officials are tracking naloxone use and ER visits faster than waiting for death certificates, seeing early signs of progress along a major drug corridor. Programs like syringe services distributed thousands of life-saving kits last year. But with unstable funding looming, the hard-won gains could vanish if support wavers.

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