New preliminary data from the CDC shows that total overdose deaths took a slight dip in 2023, but much more progress is needed, experts say.
For the first time in a long while, America’s drug overdose crisis has not gotten worse. New preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that total overdose deaths took a slight dip in 2023, including deaths tied to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids . Deaths tied to certain other drugs did increase and some parts of the country still saw a rise in fatalities, however.
“Although the number of overdose deaths did not dramatically increase nationally, losing over 100,000 people to overdose for three years in a row is absolutely unacceptable and cannot be the new normal,” Sheila Vakharia, deputy director of research and academic engagement at the Drug Policy Alliance, told Gizmodo in an email. The toll of the overdose crisis hasn’t affected all Americans equally either, Vakharia says.
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