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US Drug Overdose Deaths Declined in 2023
Medscape· 6 days agoDrug overdose deaths dropped by 3.1% from 2022, the CDC reports. Despite the overall decline, 15 states reported an increase of up to 44% in overdose...
U.S. Overdose Deaths Decline for First Time Since 2018
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoThe U.S. saw a slight decline in the number of new overdose deaths last year, marking a rare...
Overdose deaths see modest decline but maintain crisis-level
Crain's New York Business· 5 days agoThe number of overdose deaths in the city had a more meager decline. “These are still record...
Drug Overdose Deaths in America Have Finally Stopped Climbing
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFor the first time in a long while, America’s drug overdose crisis has not gotten worse. New...
US overdose deaths fell in 2023, still topped 100k
The Week· 5 days agoU.S. overdose deaths declined in 2023 for the first time in five years, according to preliminary data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease...
EDITORIAL: Decline in overdose deaths is something to build on
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMay 19—According to provisional national data released Wednesday, the number of fatal overdoses in Maine dropped by 16% last year. It was the first annual reduction in fatalities ...
Overdose Deaths Dropped in U.S. in 2023 for First Time in Five Years
New York Times· 6 days agoPreliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a...
Deadly overdoses fell in U.S. for first time in five years, new estimates show
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoU.S. deaths due to drug overdoses fell last year, the first decrease in five years, according to...
Drug overdoses declined in Massachusetts in 2023, federal data show
The Republican· 6 days agoDrug overdose deaths in Massachusetts declined by 11.4% between 2022 and 2023, federal data show,...
US drug deaths decline, hinting at progress against opioid crisis
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDrug overdose deaths in the United States declined last year for the first time since 2018,...