Somewhere in Utah, there was a funeral today. And there will be a funeral tomorrow.
“Someone’s planning a funeral for the weekend,” said Jennifer Plumb, the director of Utah Naloxone, an advocacy group she co-founded that distributes free anti-overdose kits to addicts.
At least one Utahn fatally overdoses on opioids every day, she said on Tuesday afternoon during a panel discussion about opioids that was hosted at the University of Utah.
It’s not a new conversation, but it’s one worth repeating — with each other, with family members and with doctors, said Utah Lt. Governor Spencer Cox, who moderated the panel.