About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.
The overdose-reversal drug Narcan is displayed during a 2018 training in Philadelphia.Matt Rourke/AP
By Associated Press
May 13, 2026
NEW YORK — About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.
It was the third straight annual drop, making it the longest decline in decades, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2025 total is about the same as the tally in 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic.
“I’m cautiously optimistic that this represents really a fundamental change in the arc of the overdose crisis,” said Brandon…
But the monthly death toll is still not back to what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic, let alone where it was before this…
È quella che in economia chiamano shrinkflation: i cartelli vendono la stessa dose, ma con molto meno principio attivo.…
Americans are more optimistic about how the country is dealing with the problem of illegal drugs than in the past, Gallup said…
Seit 2023 sterben weniger Menschen in den USA an einer Überdosis. Forscher haben die Ursache für diese Entwicklung nun gefunden:…
Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing experts
