In findings that suggest inroads are being made in the battle against America's opioid epidemic, new government data shows a 10% drop in overdose deaths. The statistics, compiled by states and ...

Maryland recorded 746 fewer overdose deaths in 2024 than in 2023, a 29.2% drop that mirrored a sharp decline nationally, ...

ATLANTA (AP) — An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year in the US, a 27% drop from 2023.

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before ... The previous largest single-year drop was 4% in 2018, according to the CDC’s National Center for Health ...