US overdose deaths plunged 27% last year

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What happened
Deaths from drug overdoses dropped 27% in 2024, the largest one-year decline on record, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday. Nearly 30,000 fewer people died from overdoses, according to the CDC's preliminary numbers, though the 80,391 recorded…

This story appeared on theweek.com, 2025-05-15 16:40:12.
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