The number of Americans dying from drug overdoses fell last year for the first time since 2018, according to provisional federal estimates released Wednesday.
A container of Narcan, a brand name version of the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone, sits on a table following a demonstration at the Health and Human Services Humphrey Building on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Washington. The number of U.S. …The number of Americans dying from drug overdoses fell last year for the first time since 2018, according to provisional federal
The CDC also found that fatal overdoses from natural or semi-synthetic drugs such as morphine, which have grown less common, dropped by 16% from 12,135 to 10,171. Overall, deaths from all types of opioids fell by roughly 3.7% from 84,181 in 2022 to 81,083 last year. Reached for comment, some health experts not involved with the report greeted its findings with cautious optimism.
According to earlier CDC data, prescriptions for naloxone increased annually from 904,179 in 2019 to 1,675,474 in 2022, before it became available over the counter.an annual commemoration the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration uses to “showcase substance use prevention activities across the country.”
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