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 ...

Nationally, overdose deaths are falling. But not in Arizona. Source: Times analysis of C.D.C. data. Drug deaths in the U.S.

Between 2010 and 2020, drug overdose deaths in BCHC cities nearly tripled with the largest increase between 2019 and 2020. Recent increases in overdose deaths can be attributed to replacement of ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — For years, fentanyl has been at the center of Arkansas' overdose crisis, prompting public awareness campaigns, expanded access to naloxone and coordinated efforts from public ...

The national overdose numbers are moving sharply in the right direction. According to the CDC's predicted provisional data, ...

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Drug overdose deaths continue to drop in the U.S., but experts say new street drugs made from synthetic chemicals are emerging rapidly. The U.S. addiction crisis is evolving in ways that experts say ...

South Carolina recorded a significant decline in drug overdose deaths in 2024, marking the second consecutive year fatalities have decreased and the first back-to-back annual decline in more than a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. drug overdose deaths fell about 14% in 2025, to roughly 70,000 — the third straight annual drop and a return ...