The number of people who died of drug overdoses in the U.S. dropped dramatically in 2024, a promising sign amid a national fentanyl crisis that has fueled a surge in drug-related deaths in recent years. Drug-overdose deaths dropped by 27% to around 80,000 deaths in 2024 from about 110,000 in 2023, according to preliminary data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday. The deaths reported last year fell closer to levels not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic, which exacerbated the country’s drug-overdose crisis and led to a surge in deaths.
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Source: https://www.wsj.com/health/drug-overdoses-2024-3968bc80