Biden Administration Touts Record Drop In Overdose Deaths
President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday celebrated new data showing the largest recorded year-over-year drop in US overdose deaths, attributing the success to its policies including expanding naloxone access and intensifying efforts against illicit fentanyl.
NC drug overdose deaths appear to be dropping. Why?
As drug experts parse the data trying to understand the factors that could contribute to a sudden drop in overdose deaths, harm reductionists in western North Carolina work to stave off a possible spike in overdoses after the destruction brought by Hurricane Helene.
US overdose deaths are down, giving experts hope for an enduring decline
The decline in U.S. drug overdose deaths appears to have continued this year, giving experts hope the nation is seeing sustained improvement in the persistent epidemic.
Ohio saw a 9% drop in unintentional drug overdose deaths in 2023
The Ohio Unintentional Drug Overdose report says that there were a recorded 4,452 deaths in 2023, which is down 9% from the 4,915 in 2022.
Opioid overdose deaths drop for 12th straight month, now lowest since 2020
Opioid overdose deaths have now slowed to the lowest levels nationwide since 2020, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This marks the 12th straight month of decline since a peak last year.
US overdose deaths continue downward trend, giving experts hope
Drug overdose deaths in the United States appear to continue to decline, giving experts hope that the nation is seeing sustained improvement in what remains an epidemic. Some 97,000 people died of a drug overdose in the 12-month period that ended June 30,
U.S. overdose deaths are on the decline, according to the CDC
U.S. overdose deaths declined in 2023 in a recent report, according to the CDC. Locally, those on the front lines of ...
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Michigan Reports Promising Decline in Opioid Overdose Deaths, Looks to Address Racial Disparities in Health Outcomes
Michigan reports a 5.7% decline in overdose deaths for 2023, outpacing the national average, with efforts emphasizing harm ...
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Deaths Due to Opioid Overdose Fall for the 12th Consecutive Month
Opioid overdose deaths have decreased for 12 months, with 70,655 predicted deaths through June 2024, down from 86,401 in June ...
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Opioid overdose deaths declined in the past year in Georgia, CDC data shows
ATLANTA — New numbers from Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control show a decline in Opioid overdose deaths in the ...
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Study finds more laypeople are administering overdose reversal medication
Some signs indicate efforts like the ones in Boston could be helping.
NYC safe injection sites reduce OD deaths — but not in the worst neighborhoods
Yet residents of low-income neighborhoods of color are exactly those in which overdose deaths are supposed to be reduced by ...
Medicaid funding for addiction treatment has not slowed national overdose deaths, OHSU study finds
The federal government’s push to make Medicaid funding more flexible for drug addiction treatment in the past nine years has ...