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After hitting staggering heights, U.S. overdose deaths fell sharply in 2024
The data published Wednesday charts a dramatic decline in deaths during ... “Despite these overall improvements, overdose remains the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18-44 ...
Wisconsin has seen progress in reducing overdose deaths. Trump's cuts could upend that.
Rhetoric from the White House risks growing misconceptions of what harm reduction is and, significantly, what it is not.
Overdose deaths decline, a cross-species kidney transplant, poems help conservation efforts: Catch up on the day’s stories
4️⃣ Poems & porpoises: The Yangtze finless porpoise — a smaller dolphin-like creature — has faced extreme declines in numbers ...
US overdose deaths plunged 27% last year
Deaths from drug overdoses dropped 27% in 2024, the largest one-year decline on record, the Centers for Disease Control and ...
US overdose deaths fell 27 percent last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen
All but two states saw declines last year, with Nevada and South Dakota seeing small increases. Some of the biggest drops ...
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Experts Credit Harm Reduction, Not Border Cops, for 27% Drop in Overdose Deaths
Grassroots public health efforts and shifts in drug use have contributed to the sharp decline in overdose deaths.
Drug overdose deaths plummet to pre-pandemic levels during fentanyl crisis
Prof. Robert Valuck, who runs the Center for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention at the University of Colorado School of ...