A New Study Adds to the Evidence That Drug Busts Result in More Overdose Deaths
The researchers found that drug seizures in San Francisco were associated with a substantial increase in fatal opioid ...
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Overdose deaths take dramatic drop in US
the fewest overdose deaths in any 12-month period since June 2020, according to the CDC. "That's more than 70 lives saved every day,” Allison Arwady, MD, director of the CDC’s National Center ...
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America’s Opioid Crisis: States Where Drug Fatalities Are Declining Fastest
Their findings highlight key trends in the ... in the vast majority of overdose deaths. For the first time since 2018, opioid ...
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Drug overdose deaths declining in Oklahoma, nationwide
It’s the first time all 50 states, including Oklahoma, have seen at least some recovery from the opioid crisis that has ...
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Opioid-related overdose deaths declining; former head of Chicago Public Health explains CDC data
the good declines in terms of overdose death," Arwady said. She also explained national drug death data is collected by the CDC with trends shared to public health experts and law enforcement to ...
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Many Midwest states see significant drops in overdose deaths mirroring national trend
The rate of drug overdose deaths fell about 4% across the country from 2022 to 2023, including in many parts of the Midwest, ...
Data shows progress being made in reducing overdose deaths in Hamilton County
The Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition released new trends in the fight to decrease overdose deaths.