LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- The Southern Nevada Health Consortium brought the community together for the 9th Annual International Overdose Awareness Day, an event about remembering the members of the community who lost their battle to addiction.

New data shows overdose deaths jumped nearly 16 percent in the past year with fentanyl driving much of that increase.

"Overdoses and fentanyl have decreased all over the United States except for here. Just to put that in perspective, our overdoses have increased 115% from 2020 to 2023," said Chris Reynolds, president for the Southern Nevada Health Consortium.

The message is simple: overdoses are preventable, and with the right tools, the right education, and the right support, lives can be saved.

Since 2018, opioid-related deaths in Clark County have m

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