U S Overdose Deaths Decline For First Time Since 2018 Wsj There were 30,000 fewer US drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded The opioid crisis in the US shows signs of improvement, with a significant drop in fentanyl overdose deaths in 2024

Overdose Death Rates Are Increasing Fastest Among Those 65 And Older Drug overdose deaths in the United States have plummeted for the first time in decades, according to public health data Overdose deaths have continued to drop, now at their lowest level in 3 years, data shows, but remain higher than pre-pandemic levels Overdoses reached historic rates in recent years as fentanyl took over the nation’s heroin supply, the Post reported Overdose deaths in 2021 topped 100,000 nationally for the first time Data: Pennsylvania's Drug Overdose Surveillance Interactive Data Report; Note: Excludes alcohol-only related overdoses; Chart: Axios Visuals Fatal drug overdoses have fallen in Philadelphia for

U S Recorded Nearly 110 000 Overdose Deaths In 2022 The New York Times Overdoses reached historic rates in recent years as fentanyl took over the nation’s heroin supply, the Post reported Overdose deaths in 2021 topped 100,000 nationally for the first time Data: Pennsylvania's Drug Overdose Surveillance Interactive Data Report; Note: Excludes alcohol-only related overdoses; Chart: Axios Visuals Fatal drug overdoses have fallen in Philadelphia for Oregon overdose deaths in 2024 fell for the first time in years, mirroring a national trend Provisional federal data released Wednesday shows the United States saw roughly 30,000 fewer overdose While Oregon set a record for overdose deaths in the state last year, the national numbers declined for the first time since 2018 Since that year, Oregon’s overdose deaths have grown a The annual unintentional drug overdose death report is closely watched, as Ohio used to be in the nation’s epicenter for drug overdose deaths An estimated 80,391 died from overdose last year, a drop of 27% from the 110,037 deaths recorded in 2023 That’s the largest year-over-year decline in the 45 years the CDC has been tracking data