U.S. deaths due to drug overdoses fell last year, the first decrease in five years, according to new estimates by the Centers ...
Preliminary numbers show a nearly 4 percent decrease in deaths from opioids, largely fentanyl, but a rise in deaths from meth ...
New provisional CDC data published Wednesday shows drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell from 2022 to 2023, marking the first annual decline in five years.
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Powerful synthetic opioids and drugs like meth and cocaine still flood U.S. communities, fueling historically high overdose ...
Good news. For the first time in five years, overdose deaths in the U.S. are declining. This trend is attributable mostly to ...
Drug overdose deaths in Arkansas fell last year for the second year in a row, although the number remained above pre-pandemic ...
New 2023 data from the National Center for Health Statistics show the first decline in deaths from drug overdose in the United States.
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of U.S. fatal overdoses fell last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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The case highlights an ongoing debate about how to hold people accountable for providing drugs that lead to a fatal overdose.
It would be only the second annual decline since the current national drug death epidemic began more than three decades ago.