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Central PA ranks high in statewide fatal overdoses

Pennsylvania drug deaths skyrocketed last year and according to a new report issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division, Cambria County alone saw 58 fatal overdoses in 2015. 
 
That rate of 42.5 per 100,000 residents was the 3rd highest total for any county in the State. 
 
Indiana County fell 4th on the list with a rate of 41.