Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose reversing medication.
In this file photo, signs are displayed at a tent during a health event in Charleston, W.Va. Public health officials say the spread of naloxone, also known as Narcan, has dramatically reduced overdose deaths in the U.S.
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About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary…
“I’m cautiously optimistic that this represents really a fundamental change in the arc of the overdose crisis,” said Brandon…
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year. It was the third straight…
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis
Drug overdose deaths fell sharply in 2024, marking a historic decline. But public health experts warn the deeper addiction crisis…
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…
