Coroner: Overdose death total through August same as 2017

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The coroner for the county that includes Ohio's capital city says the number of fatal overdoses during the first eight months of 2018 matches the total for the same period last year.Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz on Friday reported 345 fatal overdoses from Jan. 1 through Aug. 31 this year.Ortiz says deaths attributable to fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, increased compared with 2017.Deaths attributed to carfentanil, an opioid more powerful than fentanyl, decreas