Franklin County overdose deaths jump 47 percent in 2017

COLUMBUS - The Franklin County Coroner's Office released preliminary overdose statistics for 2017 on Tuesday.From January 1 to December 31, there were approximately 520 overdose deaths in Franklin County. That equals about a 47 percent increase in overdose-related deaths from 2016.The coroner's office found fentanyl accounted for 66 percent of those deaths. Cocaine took up a large portion of the remaining percentage. Methamphetamine-related overdose deaths were at 4.6 percent last year.The coron