Crystal Long does not look back on her mid-20s with great fondness. She says those years were filled with lots of drugs. Perhaps nothing was more potent than fentanyl. The drug is similar to morphine but significantly stronger, according to law enforcement.

"All of your problems go away," Long said. "It's like a tingling feeling from head to toe. You're calm. Nothing else matters. There's nothing else around you."

Long said she depended on fentanyl. She used so often, she overdosed more than a half dozen times. Long said she should have died.

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So far this year, there have been 17 overdose deaths in Washington County. The final number may exceed the 20 overdose deaths counted in 2020.

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